Politics · 8 May 2026
Farage hails historic change in British politics
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Reform UK leader Nigel Farage said the overnight results pointed to a historic change in British politics, after his party scored stunning percentages in traditional Labour areas. Farage said the old left-right divide no longer applied and called Keir Starmer a lame duck prime minister. He compared Reform's gains to clearing Becher's Brook, the difficult jump in the Grand National horse race.
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