A general election could be declared as soon as December, claim top sources in the Reform Party. Leading figureheads say they expect an election to take place as early as three month’s time, as they believe Labour have to call an early election or face “losing it all.”
Reform’s Dr David Bull, former Chairman, said he believes Labour are “running scared” and it will mean an early election is more likely than not, and it come in the next 12 months. Speaking at the annual Reform party conference, he said: “I think Labour have to call an early election or face losing it all.
“They are running scared, and the Reform Party will be here ready to go. Not only do we need to be ready to go with the election, but also in what we do when we get to power.
“We need to have a fully costed, fully workable plan ready to go to hit the ground running, and that is what we are talking about over this conference, what we will do in our first 100 days of power.”
Insiders claim they believe an election will be announced on December 12, with the tip coming as it emerged from other sources that they also believe there could be a leadership contest on the way inside Reform.
Top insiders told the Daily Star they fully expect Zia Yusuf to make his own bid to step into under-fire Farage’s shoes imminently.
They said: “Zia is preparing for a Reform UK leadership election within the next three months. He is teeing himself up and Nigel needs to watch his back.
“You’ll notice he has stayed very far away from backing him at the conference, despite everyone else fully pushing their backing to Nigel and the party as a whole. You just have to look at his social media to see his plan.”
Launched on the first day of conference, Yusuf posted a long video of himself and “his story” of how he made it as a politician.
And it seems followers had the same idea, with one writing: “The sooner Nigel sees this is a campaign to take over, the better,” while another added: “This is a leadership bid, make no mistake.”