The Financial Times reports that the UK Political Elite feels completely stunned
Maurice Duverger’s Law, one of the most important law of political science, may be on the verge of failure.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duverger’s_law
I think Farage is a clown, but it’s good to see this silly political system finally under pressure.
Most democratic nations don’t have only 2 ruling political parties for a century.
After ruining UK with the catastrophic Brexit that was filled with nothing but lies - why is Farage still relevant and not in jail, hung, beheaded or thrown in front of any kind of rodent?
People voted Tories and are frustrated by what they delivered. People then voted Labour and will be frustrated by what they deliver. Then they might move to the next party.
Plus people feel neglected. They want attention and the feeling of being important. Right wing populists are very successful in doing that, just like an abusive partner. People know it’s bad for them, but they feel like they are taken care of.
Because he receives constant funding from various dubious international sources.
Given how the Tories were eager to usecBrexit to destroy public services and funnel more money to the rich and how labour is just continueing the neoliberal course happily…
Farage is useful to them by normalizing extreme ideas and making the Tories and Labour look moderate with Farage being the extreme.
Badenoch’s policies (to the extent she has any) are increasingly indistinguishable from Deform’s.