I've noticed a concerted effort from political commentators in Britain, dragging down the Leader of the Opposition, the Conservatives leader, Kemi Badenoch. Many of these commentators exalt Nigel Farage to the highest. Does this reflect the opinion of Britons as a whole, or is this a campaign to elevate Farage?
Looking into this, I checked recent polling results as tabulated on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinion_polling_for_the_next_United_Kingdom_general_election
Since Kemi Badenoch became the Conservatives leader, the party has shown steady recovery. Badenoch herself, has shown a low disapproval rating. On the 4th of December, the Conservatives polled first.
Studying leadership approval, and looking at the latest poll result, the results in order from most negative to least negative are:
Keir Starmer -36
Nigel Farage -11
Kemi Badenoch -9
Ed Davey -8
In all cases, these leaders have a negative response from voters, but if you listened to the pundits, you'd think Nigel Farage could walk on water. Out of the last four polls, only Davey and Badenoch have had a positive result.
Something I have noticed about Farage, he's sounding a little more Tory every day. The effort appears to be to force a reverse takeover of the Conservatives, thus installing Farage as leader. To me, this sounds like wishful thinking as Reform only have five MP's, well short of predictions prior to this year's election.
It'll be interesting to see how this evolves, but it does look as if Reform UK will implode at some point as they simply lack the numbers in the House of Commons.
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