He rise of the populist right party Reform UK In the United Kingdom it seems to have no end in sight. The training was the main winner in the local elections held on Thursday in part of England, fed by the dissatisfaction With the two great games, the Labor Party and the Conservative partyin matters such as immigration and the economy. The apparent tiredness with the bipartisan model, added to the charismatic figure of the populist leader Nigel Faragethey have consolidated the formation, which aspires to detach themselves from the protest party label and alternative would be facing the next major electoral appointments, especially in the General of 2029.
Faragedisappeared from the first political line in the years after a Brexit That he promoted, he has managed to capture the right time to step forward and return to the public sand. He conservative wear After 14 years in the government, as well as the Labor inability To reverse the battered situation of the economy and stop the irregular arrival of immigrants in their first year at the head of the Executive, they have been the best cultivation broth For the populist leader.
Social discomfort
“Reform UK is taking advantage of the same as other radical right -wing parties in other countries: they have leftist approaches in it economic But very Social rights“He explains Sam PowerProfessor of Policy at the Bristol University. “This allows them to attract conservative voters and also discontent Labor voters, especially in the bastions of the party located in the North and in the center of England“Power adds, referring to the most impoverished areas of the country due to the progressive disappearance of the industry in recent decades.
Populists have taken advantage of discomfort generated by some decisions of the Labor Government in recent months, including the elimination of aid for the payment of light and gas for pensioners and cuts in social benefits For people with disabilities. The prime minister, Keir Starmerhas attributed these cuts to economic hole inherited from conservative governments and has tried, at the same time, to highlight the Achievements of your government, including the reduction of Waiting lists In public health or minimum wage increase. The advances announced so far, however, they have not been enough to recover the electorate’s confidence.
Professionalization process
The results of this Thursday’s elections have opened a New stage In British politics, with a new contender in the struggle for power, but the rise of the Farage party is not exempt from challenges. The first will be to manage the exponential growth of your militancy, something that will require a lot of left hand to avoid cases of members who leave the official line and harm the image of the party. “The supervision mechanisms are less reliable as the parties grow. This is a problem that affects all formations, but in the case of reform uk it will affect it even more because it is a New party In the process of Professionalization“, advised power.
The training, which currently has Five representatives In the House of Commons, he already showed internal divisions a few months ago, when the deputy Rupert Lowe He criticized Farage’s “messianic” attitudes and was expelled from the parliamentary group. In addition to possible internal disputes, reform UK rivals ensure that the transition of a protest party to a party with the ability to govern him It will end up taking its tollas you get more power quotas in public administrations.
Farage has promised to end the irregular immigration, which is registering record levels In what we have been, as well as enhance the industry to create new qualified jobs, leaving aside the green agenda. Messages that are pending the population and that are especially harming the Conservative party. Some outstanding members of the ‘Torsos’ have already opened the door to possible agreements With reform uk, but for now both the populist leader and the conservative leader, Kemi Badenoch, have rejected this possibility. “This is the beginning of the end for the conservative party,” Farage said after knowing the results of Friday. Only time will say if right.
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