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Britain’s anti-immigrant and Trump-aligned Reform UK party has made sweeping gains in English local elections, challenging the traditional political dominance of the country’s two main parties, Labour and the Conservatives. Nigel Farage, the Reform leader, claimed his party had overtaken the Tories as the UK’s main opposition after Reform won control of at least six…
1. Reform UK – 5 stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The earliest results seemed to point at Nigel Farage’s party doing much as the polls had predicted – very well, and from a standing start, but with some squeeze from voters trying to keep it out. Thus the Runcorn and Helsby byelection, labelled by bookmakers a dead cert…
Nigel Farage claimed he had broken the grip of Britain’s two main political parties as Reform UK gained an MP and swept to a string of victories in England’s local elections, making deep inroads into Labour and Conservative heartlands. On a sobering day for Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch that brought immediate recriminations, Reform took…
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email Reform UK burst into parliament at the general election, winning five seats and promising to hold Labour’s feet to the fire. In doing so, Nigel Farage’s…
Published on May 02, 2025 09:54 PM IST Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party has sent shockwaves through British politics. In a dramatic turn, Reform narrowly won the Runcorn and Helsby by-election, flipping a seat held by Labour with a 15,000-vote lead last year. With mayoral wins and council gains, Reform UK may be ending Britain’s…
A series of elections took place across England on Thursday, with the results now coming in. It can seem a confusing picture, but clear lessons are already emerging. What were the elections and what have we learned so far? The spine of Thursday’s contests were elections for representatives on 24 local councils of various types…
It’s only the locals. It’s one by-election. It’s happened before, you know. Remember the SDP? Remember the 2019 European parliament election? I think you’ll find that Nigel Farage won 22 per cent of the vote when these seats were up for election in 2013. Governments always lose councillors at their first local elections. Even Tony…
ASTANA – The partnership and cooperation agreement between Kazakhstan and the United Kingdom has opened new prospects for deepening cooperation in critical minerals, green energy and climate, transport and logistics, pharmaceuticals and healthcare, education, and financial partnerships. This was announced at the 11th meeting of the Intergovernmental Commission on Trade and Economic Cooperation on April…
Leader Nigel Farage, a Trump ally, hopes to position anti-immigration party as significant political force in UK. The radical-right Reform UK party has made gains in local and by-elections, seeking to establish itself as a significant political force. The anti-immigration party won a fifth parliamentary seat, gained its first mayoralty, and took a number of…
As if that wasn’t enough, that very same week also sees a new film from the always brilliant auteur Wes Anderson, with his latest quirky confection The Phoenician Scheme set to arrive in UK cinemas fresh from a splashy premiere at the Cannes Film Festival. Meanwhile, two film franchises – Final Destination and Karate Kid…