Nigel Farage insisted Makerfield voted to ‘get Starmer out’ today as he admitted Reform’s by-election defeat was ‘disappointing’.
The MP pointed to tactical voting against the PM as well as the fact that Andy Burnham is a ‘popular local mayor’.
In a video posted on social media, Mr Farage said while his candidate Rob Kenyon came second the 9,000 majority for Mr Burnham was ’emphatic’.
‘What really happened here was it was vote Burnham, get Starmer out,’ he said.
Mr Farage blamed Restore splitting the Right for Reform getting 16,000 votes instead of the 18,000 he had expected.
He said ‘a couple of thousand’ people
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