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Nigel Farage has insisted he does not think that an immediate challenge for a Reform UK government would be keeping the United Kingdom together.The party leader was quizzed by the Express’s David Williamson on the issue during a press conference on Tuesday. Mr Farage was asked what would happe after May if the SNP’s still in power in the Scottish Parliament.

Mr Williamson continued: “Plaid Cymru are obviously in a great race with yourselves to lead the Welsh Parliament, do you fear that a Reform government could find one of its greatest immediate challenges is holding the United Kingdom together?”

Reform’s chief said: “No I’m not. I was told Brexit would break up the United Kingdom. I see no evidence of that. Plaid have risen in the polls in Wales as Labour sinks to catastrophe in what was really one of their traditional heartlands, particularly in the South, in the valleys.

“But actually if you look at the polls in Wales, Reform are four to five points ahead in most of those polls. In Scotland, yes the SNP are in the lead. They believe in separation from the United Kingdom. I think they also believe in their hearts, they would never carry that in a referendum and there isn’t going to be one for some years to come. So no, I don’t fear that at all.”

One poll has projected Reform UK could be the biggest party in Senedd after May’s election.

A poll released earlier this month puts Reform UK ahead of Plaid Cymru by seven points and if it was reflected in the result it would give the party 36 seats with Plaid sitting behind on 26.

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The voting intention poll, conducted by More in Common, is also disastrous for Labour – as many of the recent polls have been. The party would go from being the biggest party, and governing Wales, to be being third.

It suggests Labour’s support in Wales has halved since the last Senedd election in 2021.