Lee Anderson has issued a stark warning to the Left as Reform UK‘s odds of gaining the most seats at the next general election shortened in a boost to Nigel Farage.
Mr Anderson, one of Reform’s five MPs, shared the news with his followers on social media on Wednesday morning.
Posting a screenshot showing Reform at 9/4, the Tories at 5/4, Labour at 6/4 and the Lib Dems at 50/1, Mr Anderson said the odds are “terrifying” the Left.
In nine words, he gave a warning: “The People’s Army will fight to save our country.”
The odds from PaddyPower showed no change for Reform by 3pm on Wednesday, while the Tories’ odds of winning the most seats were 11/8 and Labour’s 13/8.
Mr Anderson’s warning comes after Mr Farage told an award ceremony audience earlier this month that the country is about to witness a “political revolution” it hasn’t seen since Labour after World War One.
Reform won four million votes in the July election but elected just five MPs.
The latest Electoral Calculus general election prediction expects Reform to win 19.5% of the vote, gaining 12 seats. This compares with the Tories on 26.9% (207 seats) and Labour, who look set to lose just over 100 seats from the 412 won in July (27.6% of the vote with 311 seats).
Reform’s chair, Zia Yusuf, has said the insurgent party now has 105,000 members in 400 branches around the country, arguing that the Tories and Labour’s “stranglehold” on the British electorate has been broken.
This week, Mr Farage’s party received a financial boost pledge from the billionaire property tycoon Nick Candy, who is to donate a seven-figure sum to Reform.
Mr Candy announced on Tuesday that he has resigned as a Conservative Party member and is to be Reform’s new treasurer.
Married to former pop singer Holly Valance, Mr Candy posed for pictures alongside the party leader in Westminster after it was announced he would take over as chief fundraiser in the new year.
Reform has been buoyed by a series of Tory defections, including former minister Andrea Jenkyns and Tim Montgomerie, founder of the Conservative Home website and an adviser to former prime minister Boris Johnson.
The party described Mr Candy’s appointment as its “latest coup” as it prepares for the local elections in May. It also focuses on elections for the Senedd in Wales and at Holyrood in 2026.
Labour’s approach to tackling Reform is reported to focus on delivery, while the Conservatives are thought to be focused on exposing Reform’s weaknesses by presenting detailed policy proposals.
Tory leader Kemi Badenoch plans to manoeuvre her party into a position where it looks like a government in waiting, in contrast with Mr Farage, whom she is expected to say is all “soundbites and slogans,” according to The Times.
