After Thursday night’s political earthquake, the British Labor Party now holds the largest majority it has ever had in its 124-year history.
And Donald Trump’s ally Nigel Farage, leader of the UK’s right-wing Reform Party, also won a parliamentary seat for the first time, after failing to do so in seven previous attempts.
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“It’s not just disappointment with the Conservative Party,” said Farage, who led the Brexit movement, in his victory speech.
“There is a huge gap in the centre-right of British politics and my job is to fill it.
“Congratulations to Nigel Farage on his big victory of a Parliamentary seat amid the electoral success of reform in the UK,” Trump wrote on Truth Social after the race was called.
“Nigel is a man who truly loves his country.”
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Consequently, the Conservative Party currently holds just 121 seats, its most crushing defeat in its 190 years in office. history.
So what does all this mean for US-UK relations in light of what is happening on the American political scene – particularly with regards to Farage, given his strong relationship with Trump?
Farage is an ally of Trump at a time when the former president is currently a strong favorite to return to the Oval Office.
Trump leads the clumsy and fragile Joe Biden by somewhere between 6 and 9 points nationally, following the president’s disastrous debate performance with the world watching last week.
Since that night in Atlanta, where Biden appeared exhausted and was often unable to articulate basic thoughts, calls from the American media for him to drop out of the race have grown louder.
Includes calls from the editorial boards of the New York Times, Atlanta Journal-Constitution and Boston Globe.
At least 25 Democratic lawmakers also called on Biden to step aside.
Before the debate. Trump led in every critical swing state.
Since then, Democratic internal polling has even shown Biden trailing in traditional blue states, including New Hampshire, Virginia and New Hampshire. Mexico.
These states have not been won by a Republican presidential candidate in decades.
Bets markets They also now have Trump as the overwhelming favorite to win, which would only strengthen Farage’s position in the House of Commons.
For the Conservative Party, the end was inevitable after 14 years in power.
He left a dubious legacy after being in charge when the United Kingdom left the European Union.
During the difficult transition, it also burned three prime ministers, from Boris Johnson, to Liz Truss’s blink-and-you’ll-miss-it seven-week stint, to Rishi Sunak’s less-than-stimulating reign.
“We must move forward together,” said new Prime Minister Keir Starmer, “We will only be healed by actions, not words. I know that, but we can start today.”
“My government will serve you,” the 61-year-old added. “Politics can be a force for good”, putting “the country first, the party second”.
“This wound, this lack of trust, can only be healed with actions and not with words. I know that, but we can start today with a simple acknowledgment,” Starmer also said.
Despite the big victory, voters weren’t exactly thrilled with their choices.
Voter turnout reached a record high.
Landslide, yes.
But it seems that the choice in the minds of many was a choice between the lesser of two evils.
Despite the Labor Party’s victory, its grip on power is tenuous.
Apparently, nowadays, no one in the UK is happy with its leaders.
A recent National Center for Social Research poll, at a record 58%, stated that they “almost never” trust “politicians of any party in Britain to tell the truth when they are in a difficult situation”.
This represents a 19 point increase from just four years ago.
Good luck, Labor… you’re going to need a lot more than that to overcome this perception.
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