Can Farage destroy the Tory party?

The Conservative Party is on course for a historic defeat at the general election on July 4th. Barring a major polling error, the Tories are heading for a 1997-style election wipeout and the party’s problems may still get worse.

Nigel Farage’s re-emergence in mainstream politics threatens to destroy the Conservative party – but why is that? Since Farage announced he was standing as a parliamentary candidate in Clacton, Reform UK’s poll ratings have surged.

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