London, May 8, 2026 (AFP) - Local polls show hard-right Reform party 'here to stay' in British politics: Farage

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Nigel Farage, leader of the Britain's hard-right nationalist Reform UK party, vowed Friday it was "here to stay" after winning hundreds of seats in local polls. Farage said the party was now "the most national of all the parties. We are here to stay", as Prime Minister Keir Starmer's Labour Party suffered major poll losses. The Brexit figurehead added the country was witnessing a "historic shift in British politics" which has been traditionally d......

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