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From Fox News: The right-wing Reform UK Party saw a series of electoral wins early Friday after it secured parliamentary, mayoral and several local election seats in what leader Nigel Farage said is proof that Reform UK is “now the opposition party to this Labour government.”
Farage, who predicted earlier this year in an interview with Fox News Digital that there would be a “political revolution,” said the centurylong, two-party system that has dominated British politics was “now dead” after both the liberal Labour Party and Conservative Party saw losses in a Thursday election.
Reform UK secured a fifth parliamentary seat after Sarah Pochin flipped the Runcorn & Helsby constituency, which is, according to Reform leaders, considered Labour “heartland.”
The race for the Runcorn & Helsby seat was the most closely watched race and required a full recount, after which it was confirmed that Reform secured the seat by just six votes.
The Reform UK Party, previously known as “Brexit,” was founded in November 2018 and Farage was one of the early leaders. The party’s original focus was for the United Kingdom to get out from under control of the European Union.
Reform UK has also focused on stopping illegal immigration, and Farage has warned that mass immigration is changing the country.
In a post on X, Farage celebrated, “Victory in Runcorn & Helsby proves we are now the opposition party to this Labour government. With this and other results tonight, it’s clear that if you vote Conservative you will get Labour. But if you vote Reform, you get Reform.”
In another post, Farage declared that “the old two-party system is now dead.”
Victory in Runcorn & Helsby proves we are now the opposition party to this Labour government.
With this and other results tonight, it’s clear that if you vote Conservative you will get Labour.
But if you vote Reform, you get Reform.
— Nigel Farage MP (@Nigel_Farage) May 2, 2025
A chart to chill the spines of red and blue strategists pic.twitter.com/zxmmcGDK9z
— Harry Cole (@MrHarryCole) May 2, 2025
“Reform can and will win the next general election,” Farage predicted.
Reform can and will win the next general election. https://t.co/ds4uae1B8y
— Nigel Farage MP (@Nigel_Farage) May 2, 2025
Farage is a longtime supporter of U.S. President Donald Trump, helped campaign for him in previous elections, and was in Florida to help celebrate Trump’s victory in November.
(The photo in his post is from an earlier visit in February 2024.)
Donald Trump is a genuine friend of the United Kingdom.
Keir Starmer must roll out the red carpet for the 47th President of the USA.
This is a huge opportunity to be grasped. pic.twitter.com/Wza4UgzGzh
— Nigel Farage MP (@Nigel_Farage) November 6, 2024
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