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The pollsters had got it wrong on the US midterms, said Nige. That aged well
Nigel Farage predicted that Republicans would defy US midterm polling, but the result made his confident endorsement of Donald Trump look badly judged. The article argues that this compounds doubts about Farage’s political instincts and makes his association with Trump harder for UK politicians to defend.
Farage had made the prediction on his GB News programme, citing Trump’s presidency and more than $400m from Elon Musk. The article links the Republican setback to voters’ views of Trump’s broken pledges on foreign wars and energy bills, and says Conservative politicians were deleting earlier praise for him. At Prime Minister’s Questions, Louise Haigh and Alex Burghart stood in for their party leaders; Farage was present but did not ask a question.
In short
- Farage’s confident midterm prediction backfired.
- The result raises fresh doubts about his political judgement.
- UK Conservatives are distancing themselves from past praise of Trump.
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