Great Britain. Nigel Farage's party is growing in strength. Two -party system threatened

After a hundred years of dominance of conservatives and labusters, the British two -party system shakes in jobs. The UK reform party, led by the populist Nigel Farage, is successful and takes over part of the Tories electorate. Experts warn: this may be the beginning of a political earthquake in the Islands.

The UK reform was very successful in the Thursday local elections, and the candidate of this party won the complementary election to the British parliament. This strengthened Farage's reputation as the main “tipper” of British politics. Above all, however, it means that he managed to shake the traditional, two -party political system – says in the Sunday article by Stephen Castle, London's New York Times correspondent.

A big win of the UK reforms is a problem for the labor party. “For conservatives, this is an existential threat” because “Farage's gang devours a certain part of” the Tories electorate, “explains the British” Economist “. On the other hand, liberal Democrats also take away the voices, and the popularity of this party is clearly growing. “If this growth persists (party) becomes as influential as Farage's grouping,” the weekly points out.

The fate of British Duopol is threatened

For almost the entire past century, governments in the United Kingdom were changed by Tories and Labor. Now, however, when the significance of the UK reforms is growing, as well as several other smaller groups, the fate of this Duopol is no longer clearly defined – believes the correspondent “NYT”.

“The two main parties received a notification of possible eviction after a century -old use of Downing Street,” comments Robert Ford, a professor of political sciences of the University of Manchester.

The conservative party, which did not yet recover after losing power last year, suffered a catastrophic defeat in Thursday elections, but also the job party candidates paid in this vote for the poor condition of the British economy and taxes raised by their government – explains Castle.

Claire Ainsley, a former political adviser to Prime Minister Keira Starmer, believes that the result of local elections is a derivative of a long -term trend that leads to “a breakdown of traditional class loyalty among voters”, an increase in nationalist tendencies, as well as social fragmentation. Therefore, the voices of the British are now divided between Tors, Labor, UK reforms, central liberal democrats, green and independent candidates.

British policy becomes unpredictable

Of course, this trend will really be tested in nationwide elections, but you can already see that British politics is becoming unpredictable. Tories, whose Eurosceptic, right -wing and populist group of Farage, faces a particularly painful test of popularity, because if it moves too right to get the right to win the UK reform voters, moderate conservatives will vote for liberal democrats, “explains Castle.

In February poll The Yougov center indicated that every fourth British wants to vote at UK reforms, including every fifth voter of the Conservative Party. “Economist” reminds, however, that Farage has always been an influential figure so far, but he managed to avoid responsibility for his own policy, and for members of his party even exercising power in the county can prove to be very difficult. “And what is just in the country” – emphasizes the weekly.

In this study, the UK reforms took the first place with 25 % support, ahead of the ruling labor party (24 %) and a conservative party (21 %). The advantage, however, falls within the limits of a statistical error.