Rob Ford, (ManchesterU) on ReformUK
'there has never been a better window of opportunity for them... What they represent now is a distinctly more credible challenge to the two-party duopoly than the Farage-led parties before,... [the] system mitigates against new parties... but if they can get to above 25% and 30% then the electoral impact is enormous & could translate into hundreds of seats in the Commons'!
A frightening prospect & hardly implausible!
#politics
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/feb/15/reform-uk-inside-story-of-nigel-farage-quest-for-power
Emeritus Prof Christopher May /
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