Nigel Farage predicted that Sir Keir Starmer is not going to final the summer time if he makes it via the May elections. The Reform UK chief mentioned the scandal over Lord Mandelson was “yet a further blow” to the embattled Prime Minister as he faces ongoing questions over his management.
Mr Farage made the feedback as he gave a press convention on Reform UK’s five-point plan to “save Britain’s pubs”.
He mentioned: “Difficult for somebody who was already the most unpopular prime minister in living memory, this deals yet a further blow. I still stick to the view that after May 7 when you see, in Wales for example Labour that’s dominated the place, very difficult for me to think Keir Starmer will survive the summer if he even gets through to May 7.”
Mr Farage additionally questioned whether or not Lord Mandelson had breached the Official Secrets Act in his discussions with Jeffrey Epstein.
He mentioned: “It is highly sensitive market information. It is government secrets.
“I additionally wonder if, in emails to Epstein, he talked in regards to the safety equipment that exists beneath No 10 and on the coronary heart of Whitehall. That is info that’s of nationwide safety significance. “
And he revealed that he is in discussions with “two or three” Labour figures about defecting to Reform.
Asked for an update on the Labour defector promise last month, he said it was a “work in progress”.
The Reform leader added: “In reality, there are two or three previously fairly senior Labour figures we’re in negotiations with and I’m completely assured that over the course of the following few weeks we can have some Labour names of some substance, possibly even one or two that wish to stand for us.”
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