Farage blames 'staff incompetence' for rows of empty seats at Reform's pre-Budget event and admits a 'difficult summer'
Nigel Farage at a half-empty Reform UK event, as the latest Ipsos poll puts his party 12 points behind Labour and four points behind the Tories.Reform UK sits at 22.2% in the latest poll-of-polls, with the Ipsos survey placing Nigel Farage's party four points behind the second-placed Tories.
Guests at Lindley Hall in Westminster were shifted behind the podium so the room would look full on TV. Nigel Farage said many Reform voters are 'sitting back on their heels' and the party must 'energise them'. Robert Jenrick unveiled the 'Economic Rescue Plan' before Chancellor John Healey's Wednesday Budget. An Ipsos poll puts Reform on 20%, behind Labour on 32% and the Tories on 24%.
Farage was filmed pacing a balcony and not laughing at Jenrick's 'Cash in the Attic' joke.
A Tory spokesperson called it 'cringingly embarrassing' and said Kemi Badenoch drew over 300 activists.
Farage says an election fought on Europe and immigration could revive the party.
