Thursday 25 June 2026 5:59 am  |  Updated:  Monday 29 June 2026 9:53 am

Is ‘Stop Reform’ now the most powerful force in UK politics?

By: James Ford

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They may be dominating all the opinion polls, but have Reform hit a wall? James Ford considers if the party has peaked.

Something is going very badly wrong for Reform UK. They are supposed to be the next big thing. The coming men. The heirs apparent. The real opposition. Yet, while they still top every opinion poll, their lead is shrinking and they don’t seem to be able to win by-elections anymore. Reform’s top brass is having increasingly nervous conversations about the party’s future. The idea that Reform has peaked is being actively discussed across Westminster.

The 2025 Runcorn and Helsby by-election – where reform overturned a Labour majority of nearly 15,000 – feels like a long time ago yet it was actually only a little more than a year ago. Since then,........

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