NIGEL Farage is the party leader most likely to spark a Christmas Day row, new polling says.
A survey by firm Public First asked people to imagine how senior political leaders would behave in festive scenarios, from cooking Christmas lunch to giving out presents.
The Reform chief was most often seen as the figure most likely to start an argument.
Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch came top for who would make the best Christmas lunch, while Sir Keir Starmer was the most common answer on who would be most likely to burn the turkey.
On who would be most likely to get into an argument on Christmas Day, Mr Farage is the top pick in every age group.
Asked who they would most like to spend Christmas Day with, the Reform chief comes first in most age groups – but 25-34s buck the pattern, with the PM as top choice.
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Among those aged 65 and over, Mr Farage and Ms Badenoch are neck and neck on 28 per cent and 27.9 per cent respectively.
The survey also examined views beyond party leaders.
While 25.4 per cent of respondents said Santa Claus would not vote, among those who thought he would, Reform UK (16.2 per cent) and Labour (15.6 per cent) were the most selected, followed by the Conservatives and Greens (both 11.1 per cent).
Among voters, respondents were most likely to say Santa would vote for the party they themselves support.
Jules Walkden, a pollster at Public First, said: “Most Brits want a politics-free Christmas. But if the leaders turned up, the public picture Farage turning dinner into a row, Badenoch running the kitchen cabinet better than the Shadow Cabinet and Starmer cremating the turkey.
“It’s a light-hearted question, but the answers reflect how the public see these figures – Farage is seen as more likely to stir conflict, while Starmer is more often associated with things going wrong.”
