A few years ago, it was unfathomable that a small, upstart political party born out of the Brexit movement could amass enough popular support to challenge a newly elected government in public opinion polls and at the ballot box. But a combination of Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour Party’s ineptitude and corruption, Kemi Badenoch’s Conservative Party’s impotent opposition, and Nigel Farage’s indefatigability have created the foundation for a once-in-century political earthquake in Britain.
Farage, the architect of Brexit, now stands on the precipice of achieving what once seemed impossible: becoming Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
The Conservative Party, aka the ‘Tories,’ find themselves adrift, bereft of a coherent strategy or message. Years of internal squabbling, policy U-turns, and a complete disconnect from the electorate – especially over the topic of mass migration and Islam – have left them facing electoral oblivion. Once known as the “party of government,” the Tories have become a shaky coalition of self-serving factions. The recent string of humiliating election defeats is symptomatic of a broader malaise: a party without a paddle, let alone a map.
Labour, meanwhile, should be capitalizing on this dysfunction, having won a large majority at this summer’s election (though notably with one of the worst turnouts in decades). But Starmer’s team has failed to inspire. Instead, it has found itself mangled in cronyism and corruption scandals almost from day one and has made raising taxes on ordinary Britons its first order of business.
‘WHEN THE NEW PRIME MINISTER IS FARAGE.’
A decade ago, DJ and radio presenter Mike Reid played a humorous ‘UKIP Calypso‘ song at the party’s conference in Doncaster. The attendees of the evening gala – your correspondent included – laughed along as Reid sang, “Oh yes, when we take charge, and the new Prime Minister is Farage…” […]
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