Nigel Farage's elections victory: notice Trump's influence

VOters in parts of England went on Thursday, May 1st, the surveys and gave ballot papers in the local elections. These have been seen as the first important test for political parties since the general elections in Great Britain, in which the Labor Party, under Sir Keir Starrer, returned to power.

A few voices are still counted by Friday morning, but the results have so far shown considerable profits of the UK Party reform under the direction of Nigel Farage, a long -time supporter and ally of President Donald Trump.

While the working and conservative parties traditionally were the political committees of Great Britain, the right politician Farage has hoped to question the usual British political order. This first hurdle for Farage offered exactly that.

According to YouGov surveys before the elections, the voting intent on April 28 showed that 26% of the voter Reform UK would choose if a choice took place the next day. This was ahead of the current Labor government with 23%.

In the general elections last year, reform UK won five constituencies and received 14.3% of the referendum. MP Rupert Lowe was suspended by the party in March and now represents his constituency as an independent. The recent results mean that reform UK is again in five constituencies.

Trump's influence could be felt in the run -up to England's local elections. As already mentioned, Farage is a loud supporter of the US President, with the two similar views express.

It seems that Farage also inspired the President's rally style. On March 28, UK reform organized what they described as “the largest event so far”. The rally made comparisons with Trump's Maga rings for his light lights, the pumps and references to immigration.

Despite his agreement with Trump's methods and ideas, Farage met with another supporter of the President, Elon Musk.

In January, Musk requested a new leader for the UK party Reform UK via a social media contribution and said that Farage “has no stuff”. In an interview published on April 29, Farage Musk called a “hero”, but added that he was not “bullied” by the billionaire if he decides on the direction of his party.

In the meantime, Trump was also a source of debate among deputies who led to the local elections in England. In a cross-party TV debate on Tuesday, April 29, Environment Minister Steve Reed came from the Labor Party with a conservative MP and Shadow Minister Kevin Hollinrake on the trade with Trump in Great Britain.

Hollinrake referred to the US tariffs for British goods and said: “The Trump Sturm will pass … In order to act fairly and freely throughout the industrialized countries, that is in the interest of everyone and President Trump's interest.”

Reed replied: “You can not only wish President Trump, he is there and we have to negotiate with him.”

Alex Wilson von Reform UK, who is also a member of the London meeting, confirmed his party's attitude towards the president and said: “If Nigel Farage were Prime Minister, we would have a much greater opportunity to get the deal we need because he has this relationship, he is a critical friend.”

Trump's presence was also felt in other branches of the local elections. One of the mayor's competitions came in Doncaster in northern England. The conservative candidate Nick Fletcher entitled “Make Doncaster Great again” and is inspired by Trump's Maga (Make America again) slogan.