{"id":88939,"date":"2024-07-06T08:37:07","date_gmt":"2024-07-06T08:37:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/06\/nigel-farage-right-wing-disrupter-elected-to-parliament-for-the-first-time\/"},"modified":"2024-07-06T08:37:07","modified_gmt":"2024-07-06T08:37:07","slug":"nigel-farage-right-wing-disrupter-elected-to-parliament-for-the-first-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/06\/nigel-farage-right-wing-disrupter-elected-to-parliament-for-the-first-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigel Farage, Right-Wing Disrupter, Elected to Parliament for the First Time"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Nigel Farage<\/a>, a supporter of former President Donald J. Trump, a force behind Brexit and Britain\u2019s best known political disrupter, was elected to Parliament for the first time.<\/p>\n

The new insurgent party he leads \u2014 Reform U.K. \u2014 was projected in the national exit poll to have captured four seats and a strong vote share, in an electoral system that typically punishes small parties. His party has been buoyed by an anti-immigration platform.<\/p>\n

Mr. Farage won by a large margin in Clacton, a faded seaside town, where pre-election opinion surveys had suggested he had a strong chance of winning. He had tried and failed seven times before to be elected to Parliament.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe establishment are terrified, the Conservatives are terrified,\u201d Mr. Farage declared gleefully in a speech last month<\/a>, referring to the governing party. Britain was \u201ca broken nation,\u201d he added, attacking targets ranging from asylum seekers to the BBC.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n