Nigel Farage has been found to be the most likely to “tell it how it is” as well as topping the ratings for charisma in a new poll, hours after launching his manifesto for Reform UK.
The “contract” vowedto stop all illegal immigrants from settling in the UK, scrapping net-zero targets and raising the minimum threshold of income tax to £20,000 a year.
At a community centre in south Wales, he conceded that his party would not win the general election, but aims to be the next candidate for prime minister by 2029.
His plans were questioned as “unserious”, given that they require £141bn more spending which is three times more than Liz Truss promised in her mini-budget.
At the weekend, a poll for the Sunday Times projected Farage would win Clacton narrowly by 31 per cent over Giles Watling, the defending Conservative. The survey of 22,000 people also forecast Reform UK to win seven seats.
At the weekend, Suella Braverman said she would invite Mr Farage back into the party. However, Foreign Secretary Lord Cameron disagreed. He said Mr Farage was “incredibly divisive” and trying to “destroy” the Conservative Party.
