Labour’s nationwide collapse risks making Nigel Farage the face of the UK’s fragile union | Rafael Behr
Scottish and Welsh nationalism will be further radicalised if Reform UK sets the tone of debate over inclusion in the British stateKeir Starmer has neither a heartland nor a stronghold....
By Rafael Behr · The Guardian Opinion
Scottish and Welsh nationalism will be further radicalised if Reform UK sets the tone of debate over inclusion in the British state Keir Starmer has neither a heartland nor a stronghold. That is the picture likely to emerge once all the votes in this week’s local and devolved elections have been counted . Council seats in Labour’s traditional northern-English working-class base will fall to Reform UK. Parts of inner London, where the electoral map has been red for decades, will go Green. Rafael Behr is a Guardian columnist Continue reading...