British voters angry about Brexit punished the country’s two main political parties in local elections on Thursday. (Aaron Chown/AP)Local elections are usually contests over who can better organize the recycling bins and help out the shops on High Street. Those results could be even more fragmented, as two new political parties will be fielding candidates: Nigel Farage’s newly launched Brexit Party and a pro-E.U. Recent polling has shown the Brexit Party in first place. Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn speaks to the media in Manchester about local election results.
Source: Washington Post May 03, 2019 12:26 UTC