Ten years ago today, the British people triggered an earthquake that caught the Westminster class completely off guard. We’re still feeling the aftershocks today.
Everything that’s happened since 23rd June 2016, has to be seen through that lens. When the result was announced, the landscape of British politics shifted permanently. The two-party system proved unable to process this, unable and unwilling to accept the vote to leave, or to implement it in the way the voters wanted. And as a direct result of this betrayal, the voting blocs that sustained the uniparty consensus collapsed.
We’ve gone through six Prime Ministers in seven years. I saw off four of them – Cameron, May, Sunak, Starmer – myself. We’ll be on our seventh in a few months. And if Andy Burnham heeds my demand for an early election, we’ll be on number eight shortly after that.
The old political certainties are gone. The Red Wall turned blue as voters tried to get Brexit done. It turned red again as they punished the Tories for their betrayal. And now, in two straight local elections, the Red Wall has turned turquoise, as voters have backed Reform UK to deliver the changes that other parties won’t.
This essay, the third on my Substack, explains how this happened. The attempts to overturn the vote, the successes the Brexit project delivered, the opportunities the Uniparty squandered – and, of course, how I’ll fix them when Labour bows to the inevitable, and calls a general election.
I’ve lived an eventful life. I’ve been hit by a car, sat in a plane as it crashed into a field, and watched the wheel come off my car as I drove it on the motorway. Even so, I don’t think there are many times when I’ve been as nervous as I was when the polls closed and the referendum vote was counted. I thought we’d lost. I remember saying as much to my colleagues - and being sternly told off for my pessimism. I’ve never been happier to be wrong. Little did I know what was to follow.
This is an extract from Nigel Farage’s latest essay, published today. Read it in full and subscribe to his Substack here.
Everything that’s happened since 23rd June 2016, has to be seen through that lens. When the result was announced, the landscape of British politics shifted permanently. The two-party system proved unable to process this, unable and unwilling to accept the vote to leave, or to implement it in the way the voters wanted. And as a direct result of this betrayal, the voting blocs that sustained the uniparty consensus collapsed.
We’ve gone through six Prime Ministers in seven years. I saw off four of them – Cameron, May, Sunak, Starmer – myself. We’ll be on our seventh in a few months. And if Andy Burnham heeds my demand for an early election, we’ll be on number eight shortly after that.
The old political certainties are gone. The Red Wall turned blue as voters tried to get Brexit done. It turned red again as they punished the Tories for their betrayal. And now, in two straight local elections, the Red Wall has turned turquoise, as voters have backed Reform UK to deliver the changes that other parties won’t.
This essay, the third on my Substack, explains how this happened. The attempts to overturn the vote, the successes the Brexit project delivered, the opportunities the Uniparty squandered – and, of course, how I’ll fix them when Labour bows to the inevitable, and calls a general election.
I’ve lived an eventful life. I’ve been hit by a car, sat in a plane as it crashed into a field, and watched the wheel come off my car as I drove it on the motorway. Even so, I don’t think there are many times when I’ve been as nervous as I was when the polls closed and the referendum vote was counted. I thought we’d lost. I remember saying as much to my colleagues - and being sternly told off for my pessimism. I’ve never been happier to be wrong. Little did I know what was to follow.
This is an extract from Nigel Farage’s latest essay, published today. Read it in full and subscribe to his Substack here.
