Transport Secretary Mark Harper, pressed on Tory warnings over the opinion polls, informed Sunday Morning With Trevor Phillips on Sky Information: “We’re combating for each vote, we’re combating to win this election.”
He added: “The polls are saying that Labour’s going to win with a really massive majority and I believe it’s affordable to level out to folks that if that have been the case, if individuals fascinated about voting Conservative vote Reform or vote Liberal Democrat and you find yourself with a really massive majority, you’re going to have a Labour authorities with a clean cheque, no-one to oppose it, and we all know there’s a black gap.”
On whether or not he believes the Conservatives can win the election, Mr Harper replied: “We’re combating for each vote, Trevor.”
Mr Harper additionally mentioned: “I’d say very merely to these voters who’re fascinated about voting Reform who’ve voted Conservative – they need to see decrease taxes, they need to see migration underneath management, in the event that they vote Reform they’re going to get a Labour authorities with a big majority and it’s going to ship the alternative of what they need.”
Requested whether or not he would object to Reform UK chief Nigel Farage becoming a member of the Conservatives if he gained a seat in Clacton, Mr Harper mentioned: “For the time being I believe each Conservative ought to deal with successful this election.
“He’s main a political get together that’s campaigning in opposition to us and attempting to cease individuals voting Conservative.”
