Newly formed British Reform Party, a serious challenge for the Conservatives in an election year
| The newly formed British Reform Party, which previously operated as the Brexit Party led by Nigel Farage, has recently created a difficult situation for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and his Conservative Party in an election year. |
According to the international group Tasnim news agency, the newspaper “Hamburger Abend Blatt” in an article on a new challenge For Rishi Sonak, the Prime Minister of England in the election year, he wrote: While the Conservatives suffered two heavy defeats in the British by-elections last Friday, “Richard Tice”, the leader of the newly established Reform Party, rubbed his hands together with joy. His party, Reform UK, won no seats, but won more than 10% of the vote in both constituencies. This is his best result so far. The leader of this party spoke of a “big step forward”. He was especially happy to be able to slap his bitter enemy, the conservatives.
The rise of “Reform UK”, a party somewhere between right-wing populism and extremism It’s on the right, it’s causing a stir in England right now and it’s got the ruling Conservatives downright scared. The Reform Party has become a serious contender in recent months, and according to conservative MPs and political observers, they could steal a significant portion of the electorate from the Conservatives. As the Tice once said, their stated intention is to wipe out the Conservatives.
Reform Britain is the successor to the anti-immigrant and anti-EU Brexit party that Nigel Farage founded it in March 2019. This single-issue party made life difficult for the Tories at the time, forcing them to take a tough Brexit path. When Britain left the European Union in 2020, the party lost its raison d’être and changed its name to Reform UK. Farage withdrew from active participation in the party in 2021, handing the leadership of the party to Richard Tice, a The entrepreneur left relatively neutral.
For a long time hardly anyone was interested in the party and Reform UK remained a fringe phenomenon. That, of course, changed last year when conservatives moved immigration to the center of the political debate — and made promises they couldn’t keep.
Rishi Sunak had pledged that Ban the passage of boats through the English Channel completely. This was one of his five main promises. Rob Ford, a political scientist at the University of Manchester, said: “It was a stupid slogan because it simply wasn’t possible, and it happened: in the autumn it became clear that Sunac could not stop the boats.”
Ford said: In this situation, this party could accuse the government of breaking its promise. It was a golden opportunity for the Reform Party. Richard Tice complained in January that the British Conservatives had “betrayed” the public by allowing “uncontrolled mass immigration at unprecedented levels”.
According to Ford with such Arguments for Reform UK are easy to mobilize people: anti-immigrant sentiment is a determining factor in whether someone votes for Reform UK. In this respect, this party is no different from the extreme parties of the Alternative for Germany Sweden Democrats, or the Brothers of Italy party of Georgia Meloni. In this way, British reforms also benefit from the general unpopularity of the Conservatives. The British ruling party is in a deep hole in the polls. It is expected that the next election will result in a heavy defeat for the conservatives. For social conservative, Brexit-friendly voters who would never vote for Labor or the Lib Dems, Reform UK provides an outlet for public discontent, says Ford.
But according to This political science expert, it is currently not possible to estimate whether the party will experience a sustainable growth or whether it will be more of a blip. Some support may be “soft,” he says. This means: many people say they will vote for reform because they are disappointed with the Tories.
It follows: that the “British reforms” in The coming months will pose serious problems for the Conservatives, depending above all on one man: Nigel Farage. Britain’s most notorious and influential right-wing populist may not be actively involved in the party’s affairs at the moment, but Farage has ample opportunity to shape the public debate with his job as a presenter on the right-wing conservative channel GB News.
Rob Ford went on to say that the Conservatives would be in trouble if Farage returned to actively campaigning for UK reform, and it would be a serious headache for the Conservatives. According to him, no one underestimates Farage’s political talent. The New Statesman magazine wrote last September that he laid the foundations for Brexit more than any other politician. Under his leadership, the right-wing populist parties Ukip and the Brexit Party achieved their biggest victories. More recently, she has also put pressure on the prime minister: “In an effort to ensure her political survival, Sunak has embraced Farage’s agenda,” the magazine wrote. According to this English magazine, Sonak may be at the head of the government, but in many ways Farage is in power.
However, Farage continues to work quietly . The endless speculation about his possible return is, of course, appropriate. So for now he’s limiting himself to commenting on what’s happening on the outside — and warning conservatives. “The Conservative Party doesn’t know what’s coming,” he said in January.
Not long ago, the Conservative Party of England suffered a heavy defeat in two mid-term elections in England, and many handed over its seats to the opposition Labor Party.
Ker Starmer, leader of the opposition Labor Party, said the results showed Britain was “crying out for change. The next general election is next autumn”. It is expected and should be held no later than January next year. The Labor Party recently asked the British Conservative government to hold these elections as soon as possible.
Anyway, things are very tense for the Conservatives in England in an election year. The far right The party is particularly unhappy with Sunak, and on the right of the party spectrum, another party, UK Reform, is now increasingly competing with the Tories.
Sunak personally polls very poorly, with his party trailing the opposition Labor Party by 20 percentage points.
The British media is speculating that the British Prime Minister will be overthrown. The names of possible successors in It’s streaming. A possible candidate is Economy Minister Kimi Badnoch, who publicly claims to be loyal to Sonak.
| Publisher | Tasnim News |
