Where do Reform UK and Nigel Farage stand on LGBTQ+ issues?

"The popularity of Nigel Farage's far-right, anti-immigration party Reform continues to grow in the UK, with polls suggesting it is now nearly neck-and-neck with Plaid Cymru in the Senedd. The poll carried out by YouGov and ITV Wales found voting intention in the Senedd - the parliament in Wales- has seen Reform gain a four point boost to 29 per cent since a previous poll in April, with Keir Starmer's Labour seeing its vote share fall by four points to 14 per cent."

""Our polling also finds that Reform UK have taken the lead for the first time in Westminster voting intention," YouGov states. "Other parties remain on similar vote shares to those from five months ago, with Plaid Cymru taking 23 per cent, Labour on 18 per cent, the Tories 11 per cent, the Lib Dems on 9 per cent and Greens on 7 per cent.""

"The survey had sample size of 11,500 people and marked the data analytics firm's first Multilevel Regression and Post-stratification (MRP) poll since last year's general election in July 2024 which saw Labour sweep to victory. The results of the survey show that a year on, Starmer's party would not hold onto power and, instead, Nigel Farage 's Reform would win 271 seats - the most of any party. The right-wing populist political party was founded in 2018 as the Brexit Party and has since rebranded and made a name for itself because of its controversial anti-immigration and eurosceptic pol"

A YouGov/ITV Wales poll records Reform UK at 29% in Senedd voting intention, a four-point rise since April, while Labour falls to 14%. Conservatives are at 11%, with the Lib Dems and Greens on 6% each. Westminster voting intention shows Reform taking the lead for the first time, with Plaid on 23%, Labour 18%, Tories 11%, Lib Dems 9% and Greens 7%. The survey sampled 11,500 people and used Multilevel Regression and Post-stratification (MRP). Projections from the poll indicate Reform would win 271 seats, the most of any party. Reform began in 2018 as the Brexit Party and is known for anti-immigration and eurosceptic positions.

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