If Makerfield looks anything to go by, Reform face losing to an unpopular Labour party at the next general election, having seen their voteshare squeezed by Rupert Lowe’s Restore Britain, policy editor Martin Beckford has told the Daily Mail’s Deep Dive podcast.
Based on the latest polling, Beckford said it appears today’s by-election will end with Reform’s Robert Kenyon losing out to Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham by a margin roughly equivalent to Restore’s share of the vote.
This same fractured right scenario could play out across the country come the next general election, he predicted, with Restore leader Lowe signalling his unwillingness
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