After 100 Years, Britain’s Two-Party Political System May Be Crumbling
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After 100 Years, Britain’s Two-Party Political System May Be Crumbling

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines A dramatic victory in a parliamentary special election. Hundreds of seats won in English municipalities. A first taste of power in the lower tiers of government. By making extensive gains in a set of local elections held in England on Thursday, Nigel Farage,…

Reform U.K. Wins Special Election by Six Votes, in Blow to Starmer
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Reform U.K. Wins Special Election by Six Votes, in Blow to Starmer

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Nigel Farage’s insurgent anti-immigration party, Reform U.K., scored a significant, if narrow, victory Friday in a parliamentary special election in the northwest of England, serving notice that Mr. Farage, a populist fixture and close ally of President Trump, is again a rising force…

What to Know About the First U.K. Local Elections Under Keir Starmer
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What to Know About the First U.K. Local Elections Under Keir Starmer

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Local elections taking place in England on Thursday are the first major test of the political climate since Prime Minister Keir Starmer and his Labour Party swept to power in a landslide victory last year. A lot has changed since then. With the…

Britain’s Hard-Right Reform U.K. Party Wins Over Some Labour Voters
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Britain’s Hard-Right Reform U.K. Party Wins Over Some Labour Voters

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Fewer than 6,000 people live in Trevethin and Penygarn, a gritty, deindustrialized district amid the hills and valleys of South Wales, and not many expected drama when a vote was called to elect a member of the local municipality, one of the lowest…

Opinion | Elon Musk’s Bizarre, Frightening Obsession With Britain
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Opinion | Elon Musk’s Bizarre, Frightening Obsession With Britain

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Keir Starmer, the newly elected prime minister, appeared to call Mr. Musk out. “To large social media companies and those who run them,” Mr. Starmer said at the time, “violent disorder, clearly whipped up online, that is also a crime.” Mr. Musk took…

The British Public Dislikes Elon Musk. He Can Still Sway Politics.
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The British Public Dislikes Elon Musk. He Can Still Sway Politics.

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines While many of Mr. Musk’s posts, particularly those on grooming gangs, originated in the ecosystem of far-right bloggers and activists, they are also tempting to mainstream politicians in search of a cudgel to use against their opponents. And they appeal to editors and…

In Reversal, Musk Trashes Farage, U.K.’s Anti-Immigrant Populist
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In Reversal, Musk Trashes Farage, U.K.’s Anti-Immigrant Populist

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines It was an abrupt turnabout, even for the easy-come, easy-go nature of alliances in President-elect Donald J. Trump’s political orbit. For weeks, Elon Musk, Mr. Trump’s billionaire backer, had wrapped his arms around the British populist politician, Nigel Farage, promoting his insurgent, anti-immigrant…