The nationwide councilor elections, which occurred May 7, leaned overwhelmingly in favor of a populist political party, Reform UK. That party added 1,454 local seats on a political platform that is unashamedly nationalist and patriotic, much like the “America First” agenda led by the Trump administration.
Among the 136 city councils across Great Britain, Reform UK won a majority on 14 of them while Starmer and his Labour Party lost 10 councils and a total of 1,498 seats.
Reform UK, led by Nigel Farage, was formerly known as the Brexit Party.
A political rival of Reform UK, the Conservative Party, lost a majority of six councils and 563 seats.
Gary Bauer, of American Values, says Great Britain witnessed a long-awaited political shift.
“A populist party, molded almost entirely after the populist themes of Donald Trump, took seats away from both of those parties,” he said.
If those stunning election results are news to you, Bauer said the reason is American and British news outlets are ignoring the political elephant in the room: runaway immigration.
“There is deep concern that Western civilization is being buried by an avalanche, a tidal wave, of Third World immigration,” Bauer points out.
Great Britain’s native population has now witnessed two decades of record-breaking immigration, most of it benefitting Muslims from Pakistan, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, and Nigeria. That net migration, estimated to have added more than 11 million foreigners, accounts for 65% of the United Kingdom’s population growth over 20 years.
Not only has Great Britain’s native population been overwhelmed by two decades of mass immigration, native Britons have been bullied into keeping their complaints silent or risk a visit by the local police for “anti-migrant disorder.”
Against that backdrop, Bauer predicts the power and influence of Reform UK will continue to grow so long as native Britons believe supporting a populist party will make a difference.
“If it doesn't make a difference, we will see, relatively soon, civil wars breaking out in one or more European countries,” he warns.
