Farage and Badenoch will have to agree a pact before election if neither comes out on top, says Tory peer
Farage and Badenoch will have to agree a pact before election if neither comes out on top, says Tory peer
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It comes after a national opinion poll put Nigel Farage’s party out in front for the first time. Reform UK and the Conservatives will have to agree some form of pact ahead of the next election if neither can come out on top, Tory peer Lord Frost has said.
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It comes after Nigel Farage’s party topped a national opinion poll for the first time, sitting four points ahead of Labour. A survey conducted by Find Out Now put Reform on 26 per cent, up by one point on the previous week, while the Conservatives placed second on 23 per cent, down by two points. Labour was on third at 22 per cent, also down by two points.
Lord Frost, the former Tory minister who negotiated Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal, told Chopper’s Political Podcast on GB News that the two parties must cooperate to prevent Labour from winning. He said: "I think it’s possible that one or other party could come out on top and get a decisive lead, and then politics has to accommodate that.
“If it doesn’t happen, then there’s got to be some sort of arrangement or whatever because we can’t allow Labour to win again on a third of the vote.". Lord Frost also urged Reform UK and Tory MPs to stop publicly attacking each other. "I personally don’t think it’s right for Conservatives to rubbish Reform figures, or even more so, people who voted for Reform,” he said.
