Afrasianet - The results of the local elections in England, Wales and Scotland consolidate a revenge mass penchant for revenge that will be victimized by the old two-party system in which Labour and the Conservatives have been competing for nearly 100 years over which one will lead the country.
In the system that we are witnessing the collapse of the system, there were large areas of England that were considered pre-guaranteed electoral districts for one of these two parties (except for extraordinary invasions by the Liberal Democrats, or mid-term rebellions within the ruling party).
The collapse of the historic "two-party system" in British politics as a result of the sweeping decline in the number of seats in local councils has lifted the shares of two other parties, the Reform, which represents the populist far-right, which can be considered the biggest winner, and the Greens, which represents the environmental left.
The European Union, through the Covid crisis, and later by causing a major economic crisis, which later moved to "Labour" who implemented unpopular programs that were considered anti-poor, and then added to the Conservatives' anti-immigrant policies and reform, provoking the indignation of their social bases, which led to these bases voting for the populist right and the left of all kinds.
Conservative and Labour governments have also been hit by corruption charges, one of which toppled former Prime Minister Boris Johnson, including the revelation of his relationship with an American businesswoman, and the current government of Keir Starmer has been hit hard The other irony that these results carry, with regard to the rise of the Reform Party specifically, is that the punishment inflicted by British voters on the Conservative and Labour parties seems to be of the same kind of crime.
As there are numerous reports revealing that the party's rise is linked to cross-border power networks and overseas trips in clear contradiction to its hardline nationalist rhetoric, and the British newspaper The Guardian revealed that the party's leader Nigel Farage He received a gift of 5 million pounds from a British-Thai billionaire, prompting Transparency International to say that British democracy is becoming a "pawn in the hands of the super-rich."
The Islah Party's practices in local government, after taking control of 10 local authorities last year, reveal a serious gap between its populist rhetoric and its actions in power, and its energy and climate policies are in line with the interests of fossil fuel donors who provide more than two-thirds of the party's financial support. His welfare policies are based on abandoning services to the poor, and he has reneged on his anti-tax promises, which has hurt poorer families.
Despite the ideological differences between "workers" and "conservatives", the war of extermination against the Palestinians has produced relatively close pro-Israel positions, which was first manifested in a massive campaign against Jeremy Corbyn, the party's former leader, under the pretext of "anti-Semitism", which led to internal strife and the defection of many from the party.
Keir Starmer's leadership, which is biased towards Israel as the war began in 2023, has led to a significant decline in this party among Arab and Muslim voters, and it is certain that many of these votes have gone in favor of the Green Party, which has taken honorable and bold positions, the latest of which is its criticism of the Starmer government's punitive measures against pro-Palestine demonstrations.
What the latest results say may practically go beyond the collapse of the traditional two-party system, and offer radical political alternatives to them, and even in the possibility of offering a radical alternative to the same policy.
