London | High-profile UK populist Nigel Farage declared “we are now the opposition” to Labour after an opinion poll showed his party had overtaken the Conservatives for the first time, the latest evidence suggesting Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is heading for a heavy election defeat.

The right-wing Reform was on 19 per cent in a survey published by YouGov on Thursday evening (Friday AEST), one point ahead of Mr Sunak’s Tories, who were pushed into third place. Keir Starmer’s Labour Party, which is widely expected to take power at the July 4 general election, was well in the lead on 37 per cent.

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