By any yardstick, the European election results were remarkable for the Brexit party. Launched just six weeks ago, it secured 32% of the vote. Taking to the stage having just been re-elected at the South East England count, Nigel Farage proclaimed that if Britain did not leave on 31 October, then his new party would face down the Conservatives and Labour at the next general election.
Those who point out that the parties committed to a no-deal Brexit only achieved around a third of the vote – and were outvoted by unambiguously pro-remain parties – are missing the point. Farage’s project has always been to reshape the right of politics. His has never been a majoritarian project, but it never had to be. Ten years after taking over as Ukip leader in 2006, Farage had successfully manoeuvred the European Union to the centre of British politics, leading to the vote to leave.
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