Farage Predicts Labour Will Be 'Smashed to Smithereens' in Welsh Election
Farage Predicts Labour Will Be 'Smashed to Smithereens' in Welsh Election

Nigel Farage has predicted that Labour will be 'smashed to smithereens' in the Welsh Parliament election on Thursday. Speaking at a Reform rally in Merthyr Tydfil, the party leader said Wales has become a 'basket case' after more than two decades of Labour leadership.

Opinion polls have consistently placed Reform and Plaid Cymru ahead of Labour, which has dropped to third place. Farage described the election as a referendum on Sir Keir Starmer's premiership, calling the Prime Minister 'the most unpatriotic' in living memory.

Farage also criticised Plaid Cymru as 'anti-English' and 'hard leftists', urging voters to turn out for Reform. Reform Wales leader Dan Thomas said he believed a majority was possible, despite polling suggesting otherwise, and indicated a willingness to work with other parties to implement Reform's policies.

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