{"id":79699,"date":"2026-05-08T15:18:26","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T15:18:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/u-k-election-results-mark-historic-shift-in-british-politics-trump-ally-farage-says-as-big-parties-reel\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T15:18:26","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T15:18:26","slug":"u-k-election-results-mark-historic-shift-in-british-politics-trump-ally-farage-says-as-big-parties-reel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/u-k-election-results-mark-historic-shift-in-british-politics-trump-ally-farage-says-as-big-parties-reel\/","title":{"rendered":"U.K. election results mark &#8220;historic shift in British politics,&#8221; Trump ally Farage says as big parties reel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p><em>London \u2014<\/em>\u00a0The United Kingdom&#8217;s governing Labour Party and the opposition Conservative Party, which together have dominated British politics and seated every prime minister for more than 100 years, both took a gut punch in a major round of local elections on Thursday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For Labour leader and current <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/trump-says-uk-starmer-can-recover-peter-mandelson-epstein-scandal\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Prime Minister Keir Starmer<\/a><\/span>, the heavy losses on city councils across England, even with votes still being counted in Scotland and Wales, paint a bruising picture.<\/p>\n<p>Starmer took office less than two years ago, after Labour won a landslide in the last national parliamentary elections. In Thursday&#8217;s voting, the party lost more than half of its seats on local councils, fueling renewed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/politics\/2026\/may\/08\/keir-starmer-local-election-losses-labour\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">calls for Starmer to resign<\/a> as leader of both his party and the country.<\/p>\n<p>The biggest winners of the night appeared to be Nigel Farage and his right-wing populist party Reform UK, which made significant gains across England.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/05\/08\/d4e736ff-8c44-4038-8e2a-fb61bf7a473a\/thumbnail\/620x414\/5815c65fa4effa279a6dc3ca0131b071\/farage-2274508185.jpg#\" alt=\"Nigel Farage's Reform UK Racks Up UK Election Gains \" height=\"414\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/05\/08\/d4e736ff-8c44-4038-8e2a-fb61bf7a473a\/thumbnail\/620x414\/5815c65fa4effa279a6dc3ca0131b071\/farage-2274508185.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/05\/08\/d4e736ff-8c44-4038-8e2a-fb61bf7a473a\/thumbnail\/1240x828\/e92eff486897c2478a978092830ac083\/farage-2274508185.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Nigel Farage, leader of Reform UK, and local councilors gather outside Havering Town Hall following the local election in Romford, England, May 8, 2026.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Chris Ratcliffe\/Bloomberg\/Getty<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Farage, an ideological ally of President Trump who has appeared on stage multiple times with the American leader, called the outcome &#8220;a truly historic shift in British politics,&#8221; saying Labour was being &#8220;wiped out&#8221; in many of its traditional strongholds.<\/p>\n<p>Starmer quickly acknowledged the scale of the setback, calling the results a &#8220;tough,&#8221; clear warning to his government from voters, but rejecting calls to step down.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m not going to walk away from those challenges and plunge the country into chaos,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Some 5,000 seats on 136 city and county councils were up for grabs in Thursday&#8217;s elections, along with six mayoral races. The winners will help determine local matters, such as trash collection, road maintenance, social care and public housing.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But like the U.S. midterms, the elections were also seen as a barometer of the national mood, giving voters an opportunity to express their opinions on the current government between general elections.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The local voting also provides an opening for smaller parties, independents and outsider candidates to gain political footholds that would be far harder to achieve in national parliamentary races.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>There were also elections for the Scottish Parliament and Welsh Assembly, but those results were just starting to trickle in Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The results reinforced a broader trend that has alarmed both of Britain&#8217;s major parties.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It hurts, and it should hurt, and I take responsibility,&#8221; Starmer said. &#8220;Tough days like this don&#8217;t weaken my resolve to deliver the change that I promised. They strengthen my resolve.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/05\/08\/c2b653db-b307-457d-b866-3a22dcb9f106\/thumbnail\/620x413\/d6715476106778c17238397a887ac5fe\/starmer-2275167655.jpg#\" alt=\"Local Elections 2026: Count and Declaration For Hackney Mayor and Council \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/05\/08\/c2b653db-b307-457d-b866-3a22dcb9f106\/thumbnail\/620x413\/d6715476106778c17238397a887ac5fe\/starmer-2275167655.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/05\/08\/c2b653db-b307-457d-b866-3a22dcb9f106\/thumbnail\/1240x826\/6efb1662a76507d15a866293e4768878\/starmer-2275167655.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">British Prime Minister and Labour Party leader Keir Starmer speaks to reporters following local elections, at Kingsdown Methodist Church in London, England, May 8, 2026.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Leon Neal\/Getty<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Conservatives also suffered major setbacks. The party governed Britain for 14 years before losing power in a landslide 2024 defeat.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Reform UK has made steady gains in recent years and, in some parts of England \u2014   particularly in working-class and post-industrial areas that were longtime Labour strongholds \u2014 it&#8217;s increasingly seen as replacing the Conservative Party as the main political opposition.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The shift has mirrored populist political realignments seen in some parts of the United States and Europe.<\/p>\n<p>Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has seen her party continue to struggle with deep voter dissatisfaction after years in government.<\/p>\n<p>The Green Party of England and Wales also made gains, but they were very minor compared to\u00a0 those enjoyed by Reform.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Greens leader Zack Polanski brought his party to the polls on the back of a controversy, after he re-posted a message on social media criticizing the actions of London police officers who arrested a knife-wielding man after a <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/uk-raises-terrorism-threat-level-severe-after-golders-green-attack\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">stabbing attack that left two Jewish men wounded<\/a><\/span> last week.<\/p>\n<p>While it was a small victory in comparison to Reform&#8217;s, Polanski still lauded the election results as the latest sign that Britain&#8217;s de-facto two-party system, &#8220;is not just dying, it is dead and it is buried.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n<\/section>\n<p>  <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation  \">\n        <\/aside>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n      <!-- tags --><\/p>\n<section class=\"content__tags\">\n<p class=\"content__tags__label\">In:<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<p><script async 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