They sink it's all over

Sunak facing historic defeat, huge poll finds | Farage gives struggling PM fresh headache

- JOHN STEVENS

RISHI Sunak's election campaign has been sent into meltdown as a mega-poll showed the Tories heading for wipeout... and that was before Nigel Farage joined the fray.

Brexit cheerleader Mr Farage announced yesterday he was taking over as leader of Reform UK and launching his eighth bid to get into Parliament, threatening to squeeze the Tory vote even further.

Mr Sunak, 44, desperately needs to land a knockout blow on Labour leader Keir Starmer, 61, in tonight's TV debate, but even his own party appears to have given up hope.

A Tory source said: "Rishi needs a game changer. But it won't happen."

A mega-poll of almost 60,000 people last night indicated Mr Starmer is on course for a landslide victory. The YouGov survey suggested the Tories could lose 225 of the seats they won in 2019, leaving them with just 140 MPs.