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PREVIEW: UK ELECTION: #FARAGE: Conversation with colleague Simon Constable re the polling that shows Labour well ahead of the ruling Conservatives - however, it also shows Nigel Farage's Reform UK party catching up with the Conservatives and accelerating.

The John Batchelor Show

John Batchelor

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🗓️ 26 June 2024

⏱️ 2 minutes

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PREVIEW: UK ELECTION: #FARAGE: Conversation with colleague Simon Constable re the polling that shows Labour well ahead of the ruling Conservatives - however, it also shows Nigel Farage's Reform UK party catching up with the Conservatives and accelerating. More tonight.

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0:00.0

This is John Batcher, conversation with my colleague Simon Constable.

0:04.0

He's in the south of France watching the farm vote, the national rally.

0:08.1

He however is a voter in the United Kingdom and so watching the UK vote as well on July 4th. France first, June 30th, then the

0:19.2

United Kingdom, July 4th and then the second round of France, in particular watching the Reform Party,

0:25.0

Reform UK, led by Nigel Farage.

0:29.1

And right now, Labor leading well ahead with 40% of the polling vote.

0:36.0

Conservatives who have been empowered 13 years at 20 and Farage's group were Reform UK at 17.

0:43.0

That could go much higher, Simon Warrens,

0:46.0

because it's never been polled before.

0:48.0

In other words, with margin of error,

0:50.0

with labor doing the worst possible,

0:52.0

with reform doing the worst possible with reform doing the best possible, we could

0:56.7

have a tie here between these groups, the tie being the Conservatives and the Reform conjoining.

1:05.0

We'll see.

1:07.0

Farage is clearly surgeon.

1:09.0

And it's these final hours that will determine the percentages.

1:13.5

Simon Constable, the polls in the United Kingdom.

1:17.8

In France, they're one-way, National Rally.

1:20.8

United Kingdom, Labor going down.

1:25.0

Tori's going down.

1:27.0

Farage going up.

1:29.0

More of this tonight.

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