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How Nigel Farage went from outsider to contender for UK PM
Key takeaways
- Reform UK's Nigel Farage has triumphed in the UK local elections, in results that put him on course to be the country's next prime minister.
- The political veteran has much to celebrate, with Reform UK, the right-wing populist party he leads, having secured a seismic electoral breakthrough at Thursday's local elections.
- Scores of town halls have turned Reform turquoise as millions of voters deserted the two traditional parties of Labour and the Conservatives to try something new.
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Reform UK's Nigel Farage has triumphed in the UK local elections, in results that put him on course to be the country's next prime minister. (Reuters: Jack Taylor)
Link copied Share Share article Champagne glass in hand, Nigel Farage grins broadly as he limbers up to the podium at Britain's Cheltenham racecourse.
The political veteran has much to celebrate, with Reform UK, the right-wing populist party he leads, having secured a seismic electoral breakthrough at Thursday's local elections.
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