Farage’s path to power | Pollster James Johnson

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Politics, News, Society & Culture, Government

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🗓️ 17 October 2025

⏱️ 24 minutes

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James Johnson – co-founder of JL Partners – talks to Fraser Myers about the Reform UK surge, why a second term for Labour is more likely than you think, and why the Tories need to stop chasing the ‘liberal centrist’ vote. See the spiked podcast and Last Orders live at the Battle of Ideas festival on 18 and 19 October. Get 20 per cent off with the promo code SPIKED: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/battle-of-ideas-festival-2025-tickets-1055046124359?discount=SPIKED Read spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/ Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:00.5	Hi, it's Fraser here, host of the Spike Podcast. We don't have a normal episode this week because our next episode will be recorded live at the Battle of Ideas, which is coming up this weekend, Saturday, the 18th and Sunday, the 19th of October.
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