New polling shows Brits aren’t buying Nigel Farage’s anti-establishment crusade – POLITICO

LONDON — Brits are skeptical of Nigel Farage’s claim that the political establishment is out to get him and reckon his by-election gambit will backfire, according to new polling conducted for POLITICO.

A majority said the Reform UK leader’s decision to resign his Clacton seat to give locals a referendum over mounting questions about his finances is a pointless waste of time and money, the new survey by Public First shows.

Respondents across the U.K. also rated the satirical candidate known as Count Binface — Farage’s main likely opponent in the Aug. 13 by-election — as more trustworthy and likeable than the man who hopes to be prime minister.