Support for Nigel Farage reform in the United Kingdom could reach 20% for summer, said the deputy leader of the party when he accused John Swinney of being “terrified” of such growth.
Richard Tice, who will visit Scotland on Thursday to announce that two councilors have defected their party, said Reform UK “almost has more members now in Scotland than in the Labor Party.”
Surveys throughout the United Kingdom suggest that the reform is now more popular than work, while in Scotland it could have enough support to win their first MSP group in Holyrood in the elections of next May.
When describing Reform UK as “the new children in the block,” Tice said that Prime Minister Swinney and the Scottish Labor leader, Anas Sarwar, fear the growth of the party.
Speaking in the Good Morning Scotland program of BBC Radio Scotland, the deputy of Boston and Skegness said: “We are going up in the surveys, I think it will see us for the summer around 20%.
“We almost have more members now in Scotland than in the Labor Party.
“I think that is the reason why John Swinney and the Labor Party, Anas Sarwar, are terrified.”
His comments came after Swinney recently said he wants to “block” the Holyrood reform.
Contenting the “intolerance that Farage represents,” the prime minister said that the leader of the United Kingdom reform is “fundamentally racist.”
However, Tice insisted that the SNP leader is “wrong” and is “being youthful because it is terrified.”
He said: “I think that desperate people throw silly and youth slogans.
“At the end of the day, he trusts the electorate, and the reason we are going up in the surveys is because our policies are the policies that will improve people.”
Insisting that his party “has some bold policies that can change the Scottish economy,” Tice said the reform will fight against the May elections with specific Scottish policies.
But he added: “What works for Scotland also works for the rest of the United Kingdom.
“We will be everywhere and obviously we would like to win as many as possible.
“Who knows where it will be, but Scotland is lucky enough to enjoy a proportional representation system.”
He added: “We are going up in the surveys because many people in Scotland realize that Scotland needs a new and honest impulse and courage about how we make people in Scotland better.”
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