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
very hard to reconnect with those people who voted for brexit, who for the most part also tend to be conservative on the issue of immigration, tend to be conservative on the issue of trans yenneder on theissues on the issue of trans yenneder on the issues of diversity which they have been talking about these days they are trying very hard in this campaign to reconnect with that base, through all these promises that as it were appeal to their values, the problem is, however, is the end of the day, the thing, the cloud that is hanging over the conservative party is that so many voters are unhappy with one boris johnson and partygate and two liz truss and her handling of the economy, that as a result it is difficult for the conservative party even to begin to regain the support of those who are relatively close to them on some of the issues, let alone anybody else. them on some of the issues, let alone anybody else. right. and it is interestin: alone anybody else. right. and it is intere