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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Archie Mitchell and David Maddox

Pollster warns of ‘political earthquake in UK’ after polls show Farage could be PM

Nigel Farage could become the prime minister with an outright majority, the latest polling calculations show as Reform UK surges ahead of Labour and the Conservatives.

After Sir Keir Starmer attacked the Reform UK leader directly in a bid to stem the party’s rise, parliament seat prediction site Electoral Calculus has calculated that Mr Farage would win 362 seats if a general election were held tomorrow.

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