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Why Starmer shouldn’t celebrate Lee Anderson’s Reform defection

12 March 2024

1:37 AM

12 March 2024

1:37 AM

Lee Anderson joining Reform UK is unquestionably a disaster for Rishi Sunak. It will guarantee the challenger party huge coverage and further orientate it towards the ‘Red Wall’ vote that powered the Tories to victory in 2019. Expect to see opinion polls showing a further decrease in the gap between Reform and Conservative vote shares in the coming weeks.

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