Inside Labour’s plan to turn their firepower on the Reform Party over fears Farage could become next PM
Inside Labour’s plan to turn their firepower on the Reform Party over fears Farage could become next PM
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LABOUR are turning their firepower on Nigel Farage rather than the Tories under new battle plans. It comes as every major poll shows that Reform is ahead of the Conservative Party for the first time. Labour Together - a leading think-tank with very close ties to No10 - is being turned into a machine to take on Reform. It will work with Downing Street to launch coordinated attacks on Mr Farage and help Labour MPs campaign to keep their seats.
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Jonathan Ashworth, Labour Together CEO and former shadow Cabinet minister, said: “Nigel Farage screeches like a banshee when put under scrutiny. 2025 is the year when we shine the torch on him. “He’s called for charges in the NHS and our polling at Labour Together show this to be his Arcilles Heel. “While the Tories continue to slump, Labour Together is turning its firepower to helping Labour candidates take on and ultimately defeat Reform.”.
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They are building a secret anti Reform database tracking everything Reform does to help them work out the best strategy to take on Nigel. Wes Streeting was the first over the top last week when he unleashed a fiery attack on Mr Farage and Reform - warning they would imperil the NHS. Speaking at a Fabian Society conference in London last week, Mr Streeting said: “We’ve got to inspire some hope. “I can’t think of a more potent antidote to Farage’s miserabilism, than proving the cynics wrong and getting the NHS delivering world class care. We can defeat Farage by turning around the NHS.
“The populist right are coming for us. We need to be serious about beating them.”. Mr Farage dismissed Mr Streeting's attack as nonsense. And he shrugged of Labour's new Stop Reform mission, saying: "If the Labour Party want to give me free publicity, I look forward to it with relish.". Parking his tanks on Labour lawns, Mr Farage went to the heart of the party's Red Wall on Saturday night to address crowds in Houghton-le-Spring, near Sunderland.
