US EditionFarage denies plotting election pact deal with Tories
Farage denies talks of a formal pact with Conservatives amid concerns Reform UK’s vote-splitting could hand victory to Labour and centre-left parties.
- This month, Nigel Farage denied reports he had told donors to expect a pact or merger with the Conservative Party, while Westminster gossip and the press circulated claims he is pitching alliance plans to Reform donors.
- Defections of former Conservative MPs to Reform UK have accelerated speculation about a pact, as talk stems from fears right-wing vote-splitting cost them seats last year.
- Freshwater Strategy poll for City AM shows a London second-preference deal could push the right-of-centre to 41%, with Conservatives at 28% and Reform at 13%.
- Opponents have seized on the pact rumours to attack Reform UK, while a formal deal risks splits and resignations within both the Conservative Party and Reform UK.
- With the next general election still possibly three-and-a-half years away, no pact needs to be agreed yet, though a formal Conservative Party–Reform UK arrangement could shut out centre-left parties.
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