1 in 4 want Nigel Farage to be next Prime Minister as regretful Labour voters turn to Reform UK, new poll reveals
A QUARTER of Brits want Nigel Farage to be named the next Prime Minister, new polling shows.
A survey by More In Common found that 23 per cent of the public are backing the Reform chief to take over from Sir Keir Starmer.
Meanwhile, swathes of voters say they regret casting a ballot for Sir Keir.
One in four Brits who backed the PM at the July general election now wish they made a different choice.
Among them 28 per cent currently sit in the Reform camp, while 20 per cent would opt for the Lib Dems.
The polling, carried out for LBC, shows that so far one of the biggest threats to Sir Keir in upcoming elections, such as the May locals, is the surging popularity of Mr Farage.
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More In Common found that 62 per cent of Brits think Labour isn’t taking immigration seriously enough.
And only 19 per cent are satisfied with how ministers are tackling the major issue.
Responding to the survey, a Labour source said: “The Labour Government is getting on with delivering the Plan for Change.
“We’ve been clear from the outset that means taking the tough decisions needed to undo 14 years of Tory chaos and decline.
“While the opposition fight among themselves, the Labour Government is putting in the hard yards to deliver much-needed growth, create more jobs, make people better off by putting more money in people’s pockets, rebuild Britain and get our NHS back on its feet.”
It comes as the PM faces huge public pressure over the issue of child sexual exploitation and battles a war of words with tech billionaire Elon Musk.
Yesterday the PM finally launched a blistering attack on Elon Musk and Tommy Robinson over claims he went soft on Asian rape gangs.
He accused the world’s richest man of spreading “poison” and enabling extremists as he unveiled law changes to make council or social workers failing to report child abuse a criminal offence.
But Sir Keir sparked a major backlash after suggesting those calling for a new investigation into the grooming scandal were jumping “on the bandwagon of the far right.”
MPs and victims slammed the comments last night, accusing Sir Keir of an outrageous slur.
Former police detective and grooming gangs whistle-blower Maggie Oliver said she was “incandescent with rage” at the PM’s comments.
She told GB News: “I am no far-right activist. I am a woman who’s dedicated 15 years of my life to the police and protecting children is the number one priority of my life.
“All the victims that I know are victims who have had their lives destroyed.
“To write them off as far right is insulting in the extreme, and it’s another indication of how it’s a smoke deflection from the issue.”
Tory Robert Jenrick hit out: “Millions of people in this country want justice and answers for the thousands of young girls who were raped and abused in the most evil ways imaginable.
“They are not the far-right – and to suggest otherwise is outrageous.”