Populist leader Nigel Farage pronounces the death knell of British bipartisanship.

LondonNine years after Nigel Farage shook up the British political landscape with the Brexit referendum and the subsequent the United Kingdom's exit from the European UnionThe populist and anti-immigration leader, a friend of Donald Trump and supporter of many of his policies, with the exception of tariffs, issued a warning this Thursday to the traditional two-party system in the United Kingdom. elections this Thursday, in two of the six contested mayoralties and also in a constituency in the northwest of England in the House of Commons. In the latter case, the RUK snatched the Runcorn and Helsby seat (in northwest England) from Labour by just six votes, overturning the government's 2024 majority of more than 14,000. The result was announced early Friday morning after a second count, which widened the gap between the two parties from four to six.

Trumpism in Britain is consolidating. In a UK-wide translation of the results recorded yesterday by the BBC, the RUK had achieved 30% of the vote; Labour, 20%; the Liberal Democrats, 17%, and the Tories, in fourth place, just 15%. In light of these figures, Farage asserted that they represent "the end of two-party politics as we've known it for over a century in this country. It's over, it's finished, it's gone. This is a significant moment. And it also marks the beginning of the end of the Conservative Party. They may have existed since 1832. They will practically cease to exist."

The earthquake and leg-shaking caused within the Conservative ranks has already prompted some prominent voices within the party, such as former minister Jacob Rees-Mogg, to call for rapprochement with the Reform Party to "unite the right," a possibility that an emboldened and disheartened Farage. And the fact is that the Tories They've lost control in twelve of the 23 municipal councils that held elections, with more than 600 representatives. A catastrophic night.

A speech without enthusiasm

However, Labour should take no solace in this situation. Assessing the results, Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who It has not even been a year since he achieved an overwhelming majority in the general elections, has simply embraced the clichés and said: "Yes, I could say that in this election the opposition parties have done well... For me it's better to say 'look, I got the message'. We have promised changes, we are delivering them, but we need to go further and do it faster, it is. Labour has also lost two-thirds of the representatives it defended in local councils.

While it is early to draw definitive conclusions, as the populist Nigel Farage has done, and we must take into account the lack of enthusiasm and low turnout in these elections, they have it from the ballot box. Farage grows.

And he has wasted no time in spouting messages that seem to have come from the mouth of Trump. climate change initiatives or diversity, equity and inclusion, or tasks to work from home, that they look for alternative careers very, very quickly. We want to give council taxpayers better value for money. unashamed has crossed the Atlantic. Or perhaps it has been reborn nine years after Brexit, and perhaps it is starting to walk firmly towards Downing Street.