New Ukip-style occasion might kind to ‘nick’ Tory votes over migrant disaster

The Conservatives danger dropping “dozens” of seats on the subsequent common election if ministers don’t take action over the migrants’ crisis due to the specter of a brand new Ukip-style occasion, a senior Tory has mentioned.

Craig Mackinlay, MP for South Thanet, in Kent, who sits on the board of the European Analysis Group of Conservative MPs in Parliament, warned {that a} Nigel Farage-style occasion might decide up votes from Tory voters frustrated about government inaction.

He advised Friday’s Chopper’s Politics podcast: “Until we get this solved to folks’s satisfaction, my actual fear is that we might see some kind of challenger Proper of centre occasion coming ahead, nicking a number of of our votes.”

Mr Mackinlay, one of many unique founders of the UK Independence Social gathering greater than 30 years in the past, mentioned that for the Tories “actually dozens” of seats – “sufficient to lose the bulk” – are actually in danger.

He added: “The risk is that they take a predominant variety of votes from Conservative Social gathering.

“I might say that 70 per cent, 80 per cent of the voters that migrated to Ukip have been Conservative voters and they’re voters that we dare not lose, significantly in these very tight seats.

“After Boris had delivered Brexit within the 2019 election, [we thought] that fringe group sitting out to our Proper have been within the tomb and the coffin was sealed and gone ceaselessly. However we might be naive to suppose that.”