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SINGAPORE PERSPECTIVE
REFORM UK SURGES, LABOUR COLLAPSES: UK LOCAL ELECTIONS SIGNAL THE END OF THE TWO-PARTY SYSTEM
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DOMINANT ANGLE
Singapore: the populist wave crosses the Channel — Asia watches the shrinking of the liberal West
Dominant angle identified — does not reflect unanimity of this country’s media
ANALYSIS
Singapore: the Straits Times covers the UK local elections within a broad geopolitical frame, publishing analysis on 'a divided kingdom' — a UK where pro-independence parties are also advancing in Scotland while Reform UK surges in England. CNA contextualises: the rise of populisms in liberal democracies — Trump, Farage, AfD, RN — is reshaping the global political landscape. For Singapore, which maintains close commercial ties with the UK and observes Western governance carefully, a politically unstable UK is a less predictable partner. The Singaporean press notes that Starmer had begun a rapprochement with the EU — a process Reform UK's rise could abruptly interrupt.
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