Farage fear factor: Parties braced for right-wing wipeout
English local elections on May 1 mark the first time widespread voting has happened in the UK since last year’s general election. They are therefore the first big test for the Labour government – but also for Reform’s Nigel Farage.
Farage has led his party into elections before, but not since becoming an MP.
Reform achieved 14.3 per cent of the vote in July 2024 and opinion polls put them at around 25 per cent now. Farage has declared his party is therefore the “opposition to the Labour government”.
The front page of The Independent this morning 02/05/2025 – reports:
Local elections 2025: How a win for Reform could reshape the political landscape
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