Nigel Farage’s Reform UK Party Is on the Rise. Here’s What It Stands For

Nigel Farage speaks at the Reform UK South East Conference in Esher, on Jan. 10.Photographer: Carl Court/Getty Images
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The upstart Reform UK party has emerged as a serious contender in British politics.

The right-wing populist movement is threatening to overtake the ruling Labour Party in the polls and its leader, Nigel Farage, is the bookmakers’ favorite to succeed Keir Starmer as prime minister. Elon Musk’s repeated endorsements of the party have shown it’s gaining traction among the global populist networks roiling politics around the developed world.