Bitter confrontation erupts as rattled Tories hit out at Reform

The Tories have taken purpose at Reform UK in the present day, with the Conservative Party chair singling out get together chief Richard Tice on social media.

The row first erupted when Conservative deputy chair Jonathan Gullis criticised Mr Tice and his choice of Reform candidates within the Mail On Sunday.

Mr Tice responded on social media: “With a special Easter message to Tory MP Jonathan Gullis: Given the multiple bits of embarrassing personal information we have on you, I suggest you pipe down on your attacks against me.”

Richard Holden, chair of the Conservative Party, rebuked Mr Tice: “What a threatening bully Richard Tice is exposing himself to be. Silly man.”

Mark Jenkinson, a authorities whip, echoed this sentiment, claiming Mr Tice was “not just a political weathervane, but also a thin-skinned bully – who knew?”.

The Tories are seemingly rattled following a sequence of devastating polls this week, with many MPs terrified concerning the rise of Reform.

The pressure escalated earlier this month when certainly one of Mr Gullis’s predecessors as deputy chair, Lee Anderson, defected from the Conservatives to Reform.

Earlier this week, the Conservatives had been overtaken by Reform UK amongst working-class voters, main Nigel Farage to declare a “historic opportunity” to interchange the Tories.

The news went from dangerous to worse for the Tories and Rishi Sunak, as a brand new ballot in a single day confirmed an nearly full collapse in assist for the ruling get together.

The ballot, carried out by Survation on behalf of Best for Britain, confirmed Conservatives falling under 100 seats in parliament after the following election.

Cabinet Ministers susceptible to being ousted embody Home Secretary James Cleverly, Defence Secretary Grant Shapps, Transport Secretary Mark Harper and Commons Leader Penny Mordaunt.

Even Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is susceptible to dropping his constituency of Richmond and Northallerton, with a projected lead of simply 2.5 over Labour within the seat.

The evaluation, which polled 15,029 folks, discovered that Reform UK might price the Tories round 50 seats as they pull voters away from the Conservatives.

This might see Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour Party on the right track for a landslide, profitable 468 seats.