UNITED KINGDOM PERSPECTIVE

REFORM UK SURGES, LABOUR COLLAPSES: UK LOCAL ELECTIONS SIGNAL THE END OF THE TWO-PARTY SYSTEM

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Britain: electoral earthquake — Farage ascendant, Starmer on borrowed time, two-party system in ruins

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Britain: the UK local election results of 8-9 May 2026 delivered a major political shock. Reform UK won seats in regions that had voted Labour for decades. Labour lost control of key councils. Keir Starmer declared he would not resign and promised to 'listen to voters,' urgently appointing former PM Gordon Brown as special adviser on global finance and Harriet Harman as a further adviser. But a former minister warned that if the cabinet did not remove Starmer, she would launch an internal leadership challenge herself. The Guardian and Financial Times spoke openly of the 'end of two-party politics' — a system where Labour and the Conservatives have shared power for over a century. London Mayor Sadiq Khan warned of an 'existential threat' to Labour.

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'Leader of the pack': Reform UK makes huge election gains in blow to Labour

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