Nigel Farage is trying to woo traditional Labour voters.Nigel Farage can hardly be accused of not making his intentions clear.“Reform are parking their tanks on the lawns of the Red Wall,” he told activists and candidates at a working men’s club in County Durham last week.“Today is the first day I’ve said that, but I absolutely mean it – we’re here, and we’re here to stay.”With local elections – and the crunch Runcorn by-election – looming on May 1, Farage is turning on the charm as he tries to woo traditional Labour voters to the Reform cause.Somewhat bizarrely for a man who has made no secret in the past of his admiration for Margaret Thatcher, Farage is now talking about “reindustrialising” the UK, demanding the nationalisation of British Steel and even cosying up to the trade unions.It is all part of a strategy of winning over those Labour voters in the North and the Midlands who backed Brexit in 2016, supported Bo
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