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UK Local Elections: Brexit’s Pied Piper Leads Britain into a Reform Bender

Monday, May 11, 2026 at 8:32 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Last week’s UK local elections humiliated the Conservative-Labour duopoly and showed Nigel Farage’s Reform UK is no longer just a protest vote.

iPINIONS argues that Britain is relapsing into Brexit politics just as America relapsed into MAGA politics … voters choosing entertainment over governance, their own welfare be damned.

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Read my full take on Substack:
https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/uk-local-elections-brexits-pied-piper

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Filed Under: International Affairs Tagged With: Brexit, Conservative Party, Donald Trump, iPINIONS, Keir Starmer, Labour Party, MAGA, Nigel Farage, Reform UK, UK politics

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