how much of a threat is nigel farage to the conservatives and labour? in to the conservatives and labour? in the last couple of minutes the conservatives have announced an annual cap on visas to try to bring net migration down. it s a promise they ve made and broken before. welcome to newnsight, live each weeknight with interviews and insight. let me introduce our political panel tonight: dehenna davison was the conservative mp for bishop auckland. elected in 2019, she was the constituency s first ever tory mp. it was one of those red wall seats, wasn t it, that turned blue, back when borisjohnson was the prime minster. and mhairi black is here. she was an snp mp. she was their deputy leader at westminster. she still holds the record for the youngest mp ever to be elected. you were 20. so long ago! that was back in 2015. both women are standing down. and nick s here as is polling guru professor sirjohn curtice. let s start by showing you the times nigel farage has previously
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support for reform probably isn t going to be great for the conservative party, especially if they take the seats that are looking close. it is likely that reform will take votes from the conservatives but labour too. interesting to see how it plays out. but labour too. interesting to see how it plays out- but labour too. interesting to see how it plays out. what do you think about the fact how it plays out. what do you think about the fact that how it plays out. what do you think about the fact that he s how it plays out. what do you think about the fact that he s standing i about the fact that he s standing and has become the leader of reform? i mean, i don t think it s that much of a shock i mean, i don t think it s that much of a shock for i mean, i don t think it s that much of a shock for anybody. it s i mean, i don t think it s that much of a shock for anybody. of a shock for anybody. it s the o- osite of a shock for anybody. it s the opposite of of a shock for anybod
the english local elections where reform only fought one in six of the wards but what you discovered in those wards where they stood is that it was frankly the conservative party that suffered from the presence of reform on the ballot paper and neither labour nor the liberal democrats. the evidence we ve got is that basically these voters are coming from having voted conservative in 2019 and given that the closest we ve got in terms of an experiment when reform are on the ballot paper, it is people who would otherwise go to the conservative party that reform are picking up as well. ., party that reform are picking up as well. . :: , : :: , ., , well. next, at 10:30pm the tories announced well. next, at 10:30pm the tories announced their latest migration policy. they say they are promising an annual cap in visas, which they say will bring down net migration. their response, it would seem. it is down net migration. their response, it would seem- it would seem. it is an annual cap
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