By GB News (Politics) | Created at 2025-01-24 22:22:53 | Updated at 2025-01-26 06:30:54
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Reform UK chairman Zia Yusuf has hailed a "historic breaking of the stranglehold" of Britain's two main political parties after his party topped a national poll for the first time.
Speaking on GB News, Yusuf said the British public had grown "sick and tired after 14 years of Tory disaster, of incompetence, duplicity and corruption".
He criticised the Conservative government's record on immigration, healthcare and infrastructure, claiming they had "built no infrastructure, no hospitals" whilst energy bills "went through the roof because of their crazy net zero policies".
The Reform chairman accused Labour of taking "all of the appalling things the Tories did and pour[ing] gasoline on it".
The survey of 2,380 UK adults was conducted on January 22.
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage celebrated the results on social media, writing: "Reform LEADS for the first time in a national opinion poll. This is just the beginning."
The milestone comes after two consecutive polls had previously put Reform UK in joint first place.
Find Out Now said Reform UK's surge was driven by "retaining almost all of their 2024 GE support" - far more than any other party.
Zia Yusuf joined Matt Goodwin on GB News
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The pollster noted the party had won over a fifth of 2024 Conservative voters.
Most significantly, Reform UK captured nearly half (46 per cent) of people who didn't vote in 2024 but now say they would "definitely vote".
"Although new Reform UK voters are twice as likely to come from the Conservatives than from Labour, their single-largest source of new supporters is people who didn't vote in 2024," Find Out Now added.
A separate Ipsos UK poll found confidence in the UK's direction had fallen to near pre-election levels, with 62 per cent saying the country was heading in the wrong direction.
The survey revealed widespread dissatisfaction with political leaders, with 52 oer cent viewing Prime Minister Starmer unfavourably and 50 per cent holding negative views of Labour.
Farage emerged as the leader with "the most distinct brand", according to Ipsos director Gideon Skinner, particularly in "understanding the problems facing Britain".
However, the Reform UK leader faces his own challenges, with 51 per cent viewing him unfavourably - almost double the 26 per cent who view him positively.
