As news broke of the latest setback for Britain’s beleaguered Labour government, there was jubilation 120 miles north of London, where the anti-immigration party led by Nigel Farage was on Friday gathering for its annual conference. So with less than a half-hour’s notice, Mr. Farage advanced the time of his big set-piece speech by three hours — calculating, perhaps, that he should to try to exploit the turmoil in London, where the deputy prime minister had just announced her resignation. Welcomed to the stage in Birmingham, England, to the heavy beat of a dance track and fireworks, Mr. Farage claimed that the government was in “deep crisis,” adding that the cabinet was made up of “wholly unqualified people to run our country.”Mr. Farage, a veteran political disrupter who gained international prominence campaigning for Brexit, is probably the biggest beneficiary of the latest government crisis because his upstart party is well ahead in opinion polls.

Source: The Times September 06, 2025 13:37 UTC