Furious Tories urge Rishi Sunak to launch personal attacks on Nigel Farage instead of ‘ludicrously’ acting as if he is Lord Voldemort [Video]

07:27 EDT 18 Jun 2024, updated 12:07 EDT 18 Jun 2024

Tories are urging Rishi Sunak to take the gloves off against Nigel Farage as the battle to stave off the Reform threat intensifies.

Anxiety has been mounting about the passive approach being taken by the PM, as the insurgents gain ground in the polls.

Senior Conservatives warned that the current strategy of largely ignoring the Brexit champion and focusing fire on Labour is ‘not working’, insisting that Mr Sunak needs to get ‘personal’ to stop the party bleeding votes.

One Cabinet minister told MailOnline that the tactic of not uttering Mr Farage’s name – similar to the treatment of Lord Voldemort in Harry Potter – is ‘ludicrous’ and Mr Sunak looks ‘scared’.

Another ex-minister voiced alarm that their majority of around 20,000 was ‘touch and go’, and the premier had to recognise that Reform was the ‘real enemy’ rather than Labour. They said of Mr Farage: ‘Rishi can’t beat him …