The recent local and devolved elections point less to a settled new order than to a transitional phase in British politics, marked by fragmentation, territorial divergence, and growing strain on the first-past-the-post Westminster system. What emerged from the results was not the clean contour of a realigned electorate but something messier and more unsettling: a … Continue reading Britain After the Local Elections: Reform’s Surge, Nationalist Strength, and a Transitional Party System