May was the most flourishing month for British populist since the beginning of the year. The Reform UK party was named the winner of the local elections that took place in most of England on May Day and today it is in the lead in all polls. It even took a lead of 7 to 10 points over the ruling Labor Party in the last 15 people.
Make a prime minister and will unravel the agreement signed by the United Kingdom to the European Union, Faraj has proclaimed firing firing against London’s re -establishment with the Brussels promoted by the Labor Government.
The… groundless promises
But the so -called “prince of Brexit” does not only bet on the anti -European reflexes of a large portion of the British electorate. At the same time, it promotes a populist agenda over fears of immigration, promises to solve the problems of low -wage and middle class while plundering the electoral power of the conservatives from which it comes from.
Intervening in the debate on allowance, Reform UK leader in favor of abolishing restrictions on children ‘benefits (something that the government has been studying for months) while demanding that heating benefits be reinstated to 10 million pensioners. He also called for larger tax exemptions for married couples and increased the individual tax free from 12,570 to £ 20,000. For Farage, child allowances are an answer to the immigration crisis and the “invasion” of foreigners, although beneficiaries will inevitably include second and third -generation immigrants who have acquired British citizenship. The required funds will be ensured by removing climate change measures, stopping asylum seekers in hotels, abolishing programs for inclusion and equality, Faraz argued in the spirit of Donald Trump and Marin Le Pen.
Both the ruling workers and the other opposition parties described Farage’s promises. For some time, the workers and conservatives avoided commenting on Reform UK’s declarations in an attempt to get it out of the spotlight, but to no avail. This week, Prime Minister Kir Starmer launched an attack on Farage, paralleling his promises with the policy of conservative Prime Minister Liz Trars that led the economy to the rocks. “When you bet on billions of tax exemptions without having to pay for them you are Liz Trars 2.0,” Starmer said.
Real barometer the municipal elections
May Day elections were the true barometer of political trends after their triumph
Labor in the July 2024 parliamentary elections (assistant to the electoral system of the mono -those who raised them in power with 63% of Parliament’s seats, although they received only 34% of British citizens’ votes). In May Day’s local elections, the Reform UK saw its votes launched from 2% to 30% and seats in the municipal councils multiply (from 128 to 804), resulting in control of 10 councils. The Liberals took second place, the Conservatives on Tuesday and the workers in fourth place (in these local elections did not include some of their largest castles).
Yougove’s latest poll on May 26 and 27 (on behalf of Times/Skynews) showed that the reform UK precedes a vote with 29%. Following are the workers with 21%, the conservatives with 19%, the Liberal Democrats with 15%, the Greens with 11%and the Scottish nationalists with 2%.
Faraj’s mathematics may be trumpets, but he knows who he is addressing, Guardian columnist Gabi Hinslif warned, noting that when you are trying to quarantine populism instead of finding a cure for him, you are at risk.
