THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (Fraser Myers) - The Teal Tide Washes Over Britain
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UK Special Coverage The Teal Tide Washes Over Britain Local elections show Reform surging and the establishment parties receding. UK Special Coverage (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images) This week’s English local elections are nothing short of revolutionary. The right-populist Reform UK has not simply gained ground in the Labour Party’s former heartlands—it is swallowing them up wholesale. The populist juggernaut is routing the mainstream, establishment parties. In normal times, most people in the UK would pay very little attention to their local-council elections. Turnout tends to be embarrassingly low.…Open