More than half of voters view Farage and Reform as ‘very sleazy’ as Clacton by-election called for 13 August– UK politics live
The negative perception of the party and its leader has grown, according to a polling expert Immigration policy (see 9.24am ) is just one area where Andy Burnham faces an acute challenge when he becomes PM. Here are some of the other stories around this morning about Burnham and what he might do when he takes power. Jim Pickard, George Parker and Jennifer Williams in the Financial Times say Burnham is considering having a deputy PM based in Manchester running his No 10 North. The deputy Labour l
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05.59 EDTMore than half of voters regard Farage as 'very sleazy', poll suggestsYouGov has published polling today suggesting that more than half of voters regard Nigel Farage as “very sleazy”. On this measure, he scores far worse than any of the other party leaders. Even 40% of Reform UK voters regard him as “sleazy”.Here are the figures. This chart shows the figures for parties, party leaders, and “British governments in general”.Polling on whether parties and their leaders are ‘sleazy’ Photograph: YouGovAnd this chart shows how views vary depending on which parties people support.Polling on politcians and parties viewed as ‘sleazy’ Photograph: YouGovIn his write-up for YouGov, Dylan Difford points out that Reform UK’s rating on this measure has got worse.
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