Recent polling from the United Kingdom shows rising support for Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party.
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❓ WHAT HAPPENED: Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party has hit a three-month high in the polls following white teenager Henry Nowak’s murder and wrongful arrest. 📺 DETAIL: On Thursday, Find Out Now, a British polling firm, released its latest overview of voting intention in the United Kingdom. The pollsters asked a sample of roughly 3,000 British adults, “Thinking about your own constituency, if a general election were held tomorrow, which party would you vote for?” The resulting polling shows Reform in the lead with 27 percent. The other parties trailed by double digits. The formerly governing Conservative Party and the far-left Greens were placed in joint-second on 17 percent, the governing Labour Party of Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer was on 15 percent, and the Liberal Democrats were on 11 percent. Support for parties grouped under “Other,” such as the Elon Musk-backed Restore Britain party, totaled seven percent. 💬 KEY QUOTE: “Our ongoing voting intention tracker finds the highest score for Reform in 3 months.” – Tyron Surmon, Head of Research at Find Out Now. 🎯 IMPACT: The poll showed a rise in support for Reform compared to previous months, with the Conservative Party and the Liberal Democrats experiencing a dip, and Labour and the far-left Greens remaining stagnant. The poll was conducted between Wednesday and Thursday this week. These findings represent a three-month high in support for Reform. The uptick in support for Reform UK coincides with the release of bodycam footage of the murder and wrongful arrest of Henry Nowak, an 18-year-old white student, in Southampton, England. This may indicate rising salience around anti-white ideology, two-tier policing, and DEI (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion) policies and training in public institutions. Nowak was stabbed to death by 23-year-old Vickrum Digwa with an eight-inch Sikh religious dagger. Digwa and his family falsely accused Nowak of being racially abusive. When the police arrived, Nowak told the officers repeatedly that he had been stabbed, but the officers dismissed his pleas for assistance and handcuffed him shortly before he died. In response to the footage, Farage said the British public should feel “pure, cold rage.” |
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