UKIP’s deputy leader has revealed that a number of centre-right splinter parties could join together and form one big party in 2023.
Speaking exclusively to GB News, Rebecca Jane said the only party who were yet to agree to talks on an amalgamation were Reform.
Issuing a direct plea to its leader Richard Tice she told Philip Davis and Esther McVey: “All of the centre right splinter parties predominantly agree on the majority of issues. I was only made Deputy about three months ago, and my first job was to try and start creating this alliance. Thankfully we are getting somewhere with this. I’m pretty excited for January because we’ve got more to come.
“Every splinter centre right party has agreed to potentially talk about an amalgamation – with the exception of Reform.
“Richard Tice has directly refused to have the conversation, which is very unfortunate, because we’re seeing every single day that people are asking us to do this, and to at least talk. And our point is, you know, let’s just have the conversation, and see where we can go.
“We’ve started having the conversation. There is a plan potentially being put in place as to how we can all come together. But yes, the country needs one party. We have a plan for who the leader will be, how it will look and what the name will be.”
Her comments come as a poll for GB News reveals the Tory party are now a staggering 26 points behind Labour.
According to a survey by People Polling, Labour is on 45% of the national vote, the Conservative Party is down to 19%, the Liberal Democrats on 8%, the Greens on 9% and Reform on 8%. This represents a three-point fall for Conservative, increasing the gap between the two parties to 26 points.
Asked about how confident people are that the government can reduce the cost of living in 2023, only 4% said they were ‘completely’ or ‘fairly’ confident. Seventy per cent of the public is not confident at all. Among Conservative voters, 53% say they are not confident at all, whereas the number is 90% among Labour voters. Only two per cent of Conservative voters are completely confident the government can reduce the cost of living in 2023.
When asked whether 2023 will be better or worse than 2022 for their own and their family’s financial situation, a majority of the public, 60 percent, think 2023 will be worse than the last year. And when asked about the word that first comes to mind when thinking about the year ahead in Britain, the five most popular terms are “difficult”, “tough”, “challenging”, “bleak”, and “worrying”
