{"id":2600522,"date":"2026-05-08T18:04:59","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T22:04:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/uk-prime-minister-urged-to-resign-after-right-wing-reform-party-dominates-election-night\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T18:06:36","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T22:06:36","slug":"uk-prime-minister-urged-to-resign-after-right-wing-reform-party-dominates-election-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/uk-prime-minister-urged-to-resign-after-right-wing-reform-party-dominates-election-night\/","title":{"rendered":"UK Prime Minister Urged to Resign After Right-Wing Reform Party Dominates Election Night"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fuk-prime-minister-urged-to-resign-after-right-wing-reform-party-dominates-election-night%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2600522&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Nigel farage says Reform UK\u2019s performance in UK <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-campaign-files-lawsuit-to-overturn-fraudulent-election-in-georgia\/\" title=\"TRUMP CAMPAIGN Files Lawsuit to Overturn Fraudulent Election in Georgia\">local elections<\/a> signals a major shift in british politics, arguing that Reform is \u201cwiping out\u201d Labour in its customary areas and could also displace the Conservatives in their strongholds. Reform won more than 400 seats, and Farage urged Prime Minister Keir Starmer to resign.<\/p>\n<p>While Starmer acknowledged the results were \u201ctough\u201d and said he would not quit or plunge the country into chaos, the article notes the scale of Reform\u2019s gains comes amid a fragmented political landscape involving parties such as Plaid Cymru, the SNP, and the Greens. It also argues the results could mark the end of the postwar two-party system that has typically alternated power between Labour and the Conservatives.<\/p>\n<p>Reform is described as aiming for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/asylum-seekers-stream-into-us-after-biden-revokes-remain-in-mexico-policy\/\" title=\"Asylum Seekers \u2018Stream\u2019 Into US After Biden Revokes \u2018Remain In Mexico\u2019 Policy\">tough immigration policies<\/a>, including deporting many illegal immigrants, and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >supporting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/musk-jabs-biden-for-climate-change-fixation-while-banks-are-melting\/\" title=\"Musk Jabs Biden For Climate Change Fixation While \u2018Banks Are Melting\u2019\">increased fossil fuel<\/a><\/a> use. With Reform projected to win around 30% of the vote in the local elections, the article suggests coalition arrangements could be required if national results resemble Thursday\u2019s outcomes.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>A right-wing party dominated elections Thursday as Reform UK party leader Nigel Farage said the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-fishermen-slam-boris-for-saying-he-got-brexit-done-despite-being-sold-out\/\" title=\"Exclusive \u2013 Fishermen Slam Boris for Saying He &#039;Got Brexit Done&#039; Despite Being &#039;Sold Out&#039;\">political sun<\/a> is setting on the Labour and Conservative parties.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLabour are being wiped out by Reform in many of their most traditional areas,\u201d he said, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gbnews.com\/politics\/local-election-results-live-polls-close-across-england-scotland-and-wales\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GB News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Looking ahead to later Friday as results come in, he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/farage-reform-uk-wins-big-144221352.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">added<\/a>, \u201cAnd what you\u2019re going to see later on today is the Conservative Party being wiped out in their heartlands.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Farage called upon Prime Minister Keir Starmer to resign, as Reform UK won more than 400 seats in local elections.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udde7 Early results from UK local elections are in, and Reform is running away with it.<\/p>\n<p>Nigel Farage\u2019s party is picking up seats across the country while Keir Starmer\u2019s Labour party bleeds support almost 2 years into government.<\/p>\n<p>Starmer\u2019s a disaster; it\u2019s time for him to go <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/syvBHfF1L1\">https:\/\/t.co\/syvBHfF1L1<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tJr0SYES8a\">pic.twitter.com\/tJr0SYES8a<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarioNawfal\/status\/2052622020303618087?\">May 8, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think what you\u2019re witnessing is an historic change in British politics. Forget left-right, there is no more left-right. It is gone, it is out of the window, it\u2019s finished,\u201d Farage <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lbc.co.uk\/article\/farage-historic-change-politics-reform-election-5HjdYqg_2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Starmer is required to call elections by 2029, but said he has no plans to leave now.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe results are tough, they are very tough, and there\u2019s no sugar-coating it,\u201d Starmer said Friday, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/world\/united-kingdom\/starmer-labour-reform-farage-uk-election-rcna344013\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NBC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTough days like this don\u2019t weaken my resolve to deliver the change that I promised,\u201d he said, adding that he was \u201cnot going to walk away from those challenges and plunge the country into chaos.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Although the Labour Party was expected to take a drubbing from voters, the extent of Reform UK\u2019s win was stunning in the context of a splintering of votes across Britain.<\/p>\n<p>For example, in Wales, Labour was likely to end its 100-year dominance in what appeared to be a splintering of the long-standing two-party system.<\/p>\n<p>Plaid Cyrmu, the pro-Welsh independence party, was hoping to lead a coalition government in Wales while the zealously independent Scottish National Party was on track to do the same in the north.<\/p>\n<p>The left-wing Green Party was hoping to gain in London from young voters fed up with Labour\u2019s policies.<\/p>\n<p>In London and other metropolitan areas, younger liberals have become frustrated with Starmer\u2019s efforts to chase the right-wing vote by acting tough on immigration and pursuing a cautious economic agenda.<\/p>\n<p>In sum, the results appear to signal an end for Britain\u2019s postwar two-party system, in which power has changed hands between Labour and the Conservatives, with the Liberal Democrats in a distant third.<\/p>\n<p>Reform UK will win about 30 percent of the votes cast Thursday, \u00a0which would put it in first place, but short of a majority, meaning that some form of coalition government would be needed if national elections mirror Thursday\u2019s results, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/05\/08\/world\/europe\/reform-uk-election-results-farage.html?unlocked_article_code=1.g1A.YpvY.Z1uTe0yTUeX1&#038;smid=url-\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New York Times.<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">200,000 illegal migrants have now crossed the Channel since 2018 under the Tories and Labour.<\/p>\n<p>Only Reform will reverse this invasion. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PXkBtaOxja\">pic.twitter.com\/PXkBtaOxja<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Reform UK (@reformparty_uk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/reformparty_uk\/status\/2052716811527786798?\">May 8, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Reform UK calls for the deportation of many illegal immigrants and increased fossil fuel use.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have professionalized the party,\u201d Farage said. \u201cWe\u2019ve done it at a very, very rapid rate.\u201d<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f7f7f7; 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