An unpopular boom of right -wing populism in Britain

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Bug National populist attracted for the first time the United Kingdom in the 2016 referendum vote to leave the European Union. However, Britain has long looked among its peers in the absence of an arduous right -wing party that was a reliable electoral force. The previous parties to combat immigrants have won the previous parties to Najel Farraj in European parliamentary polling cards. But they did not sort in local electoral policy. A striking penetration at the end of his project, Repair UK, in England Local elections It means that the UK’s policy now appears to be like its counterparts in the European Union. The collapse of a century of the last century extends.

repairOn Thursday, it shows that his mixture of advanced positions to combat immigration and combat network with some soft left -wing positions in the industry is able to convert the recent poll to real voices. In different locations, both the two main parties were given Drubing. Victory in the sub -elections in Ronkorn and Hildby In the northwest, it was a safe work seat. She obtained the mayor of Lincolnchyir, the stronghold of the Conservative Party, and won the control of more than ten of a boycott magazine, most of them conservatives.

Three -party breakthroughs have vanished before, especially the Social Democratic Party in the Tatcher era. Liberal Democrats did a good enough job in 2010 to join the conservatives in the first alliance of Britain since 1945, but its constituents were rational in the upcoming elections.

However, the conditions of the third party often came at the expense of governments or opposition that are not popular, while the two parties remained intact. Reflecting the rise of reform more Light transformations UK policy is underway. It emphasizes what calms down disappointment With the QUO policy, driven by feeling that living levels slide and “nothing works”.

The chapter -based attachments collapse. The Labor Party is much lower than the Industrial Class Party, in which the conservatives and reforms have achieved great success, but it increases the increasingly attracted young urban professionals. The shared voting share of the reserved workers was not very thin.

Reform is the largest beneficiary. But its expansion You may reach the border. Although it increases its support among those most vulnerable to its messages, its leader’s association with Britain’s exit from the European Union puts a large part of the voters in the “Never Farage” camp. He will attend the famous position Scrutiny He and his party have long escaped. And voters who are eager to soluble them have other options. While the reform in Midlands and the north, in the south and west, gained liberal Democrats and Greens. Today, England is similar to a four or even five parties.

If this trend continues, the pressure may become irresistible to exchange the first electoral system in Britain for something more likely. More immediately, it creates causes of strategists at work and angle alike. Conservative leader Kimi Padnosh is dangerous for the job of withdrawing her party From his tail.

The work segment of its popularity 10 months after its ground collapse of the public elections, she was also not ready from the office and without any convincing narration. He will face pressure to take a more difficult line on immigration. But trying to be everything for all voters will be a fool. The work has determined the growth growth growth Qua Non From her program. Only by moving the economy, it can generate revenues for NHS financing, schools and defense. The best choice is to adopt a laser -like concentration on growth, and to give up anything that detracts from this goal. This strategy has risks. But this may be the only way to restore its fortunes and Britain – and exchange competitors who tighten more solutions, but fake.