Farage's MAGA Moment: How Trump's Toxic Tactics Are Poisoning UK Politics (Audio)

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Farage's MAGA Moment: How Trump's Toxic Tactics Are Poisoning UK Politics (Audio)

L & A

Dec 01, 2024

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Nigel Farage, the political chameleon who has never met a populist bandwagon he didn't want to ride, is at it again. This time, he’s cribbing shamelessly from Donald Trump's playbook, transforming Reform UK into a MAGA tribute act that's as cringe-worthy as it is dangerous. While right-wing populism has been a part of British politics for a while—particularly with Boris Johnson's Brexit tactics—it feels as though Trump's recent election victory has supercharged its presence. It's as if British politics has been infected by a viral strain of American right-wing populism—a contagion Farage is all too willing to spread.

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