Reform UK Leader Nigel Farage speaks during a BBC Question Time Leaders' Special at the Midlands Arts Centre in Birmingham, Britain, June 28, 2024. Pic credit: ReutersReform UK, the right-wing populist party led by Nigel Farage, looks set to emerge as a new force in British politics, winning its first seat in an election and squeezing the Conservative vote in the early results declared.
It took 29% and 27% of the vote in the first two counts, prompting Farage to say:"That is way more than any possible prediction or projection, it's almost unbelievable." His party aims to shake up British politics as Marine Le Pen's National Rally is doing in France by taking a tough line on immigration, demanding that illegal migrants arriving in small boats from France are sent back.