First came Brexit, then came Trump — and now it’s happening again.
In June 2016, Britain voted to leave the European Union.
This month, Brexit’s mastermind, Nigel Farage, returned to the fore of British politics.
He’s running in next month’s U.K. general election, but Farage’s real aim isn’t to get a seat in Parliament; it’s to replace the Conservative Party with a new populist force of his own.
The worse Conservatives do on July 4, the fateful election day chosen by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, the more power Farage accrues.
That’s true regardless of whether Farage prevails in his own race.
It’s even true if his party, Reform U.K., wins no seats at all.
What Farage wants to prove is simply that Conservatives can’t win without his issues.
Donald Trump is a ballot-box success in a way Farage isn’t.
But Farage is a brilliant long-term…
