The top reason for former members of the neo-liberal Conservatives defecting to Nigel Farage’s Reform UK is immigration, a YouGov survey found.
Despite having pledged border control in their 2010, 2015, 2017, and 2019 election manifestos, the so-called Conservative Party oversaw record levels of migration, ultimately resulting in the Tories being kicked out of office last year in their worst ever general election defeat.
While the party has attempted to recast itself as hawkish on the border since, their duplicitous failures on immigration appear to continue to haunt the former party of government.
