{
  "id": 3639789,
  "title": "Deal or no deal: Farage faces polling hit from Restore Britain either way",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/deal-or-no-deal-farage-faces-polling-hit-from-restore-britain-either",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-27T02:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Politico EU",
    "slug": "politico-eu",
    "url": "https://www.politico.eu/article/deal-or-no-deal-nigel-farage-reform-uk-faces-polling-hit-from-restore-britain-either-way/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Nigel Farage faces a potential polling hit due to a pact between his Reform UK party and a far-right splinter group led by Rupert Lowe called Restore Britain. The new polling indicates that such a deal would deter some of the former Conservative voters Reform UK is trying to attract. Former Conservative voters who are now considering voting Reform would drop from 45% to 39% if Reform entered a pact with Restore. Furthermore, 93% of Reform voters who backed Farage at the last general election would still support him without a Restore pact, but that number falls to 83% if they believe a pact with Lowe is likely. Overall, the poll suggests that a Restore pact would reduce those willing to consider voting Reform from 32% to 30%. While Restore is currently polling around 4%, the survey found that up to 20% of Brits would \"consider\" voting for Restore, including 53% of non-voters in the 2024 election. The first-past-the-post system in British elections means that a fracture in the political spectrum could give more united parties the keys to Downing Street. However, there are risks for Farage if he doesn't enter a pact with Restore, as Restore has the potential to split the right-wing vote and hand the more united flank of politics the power to form a government.",
  "summary": "Doing a pact with Rupert Lowe's Restore Britain would hinder — not help — Reform UK, new polling from More in Commons suggests.",
  "key_points": [
    "Farage's Reform UK party in pact with far-right Restore Britain",
    "Former Conservative voters drop 45% to 39% with pact",
    "83% support Farage without pact, 83% with pact"
  ],
  "editors_take": "A pact between Reform UK and Restore Britain would likely erode Farage's support among former Conservative voters and loyal Reform supporters, potentially handing an advantage to more united opposing parties.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}