He won a seat in House of Commons. He had previously tried but failed to get elected at a national level. His new party got 5 seats in the house (of 650 available) in this election with a national wide 14% of the vote.
The First past of post system used in the UK makes it very difficult for new parties to even get in the door. As Nigel has stated this election was about getting a beachhead and building support for the 2029 election.
He is famous for been an anti-european union MP within the EU parliament (where PR makes it easier to get in), calliing for Brexit and basically forcing a vote within the UK.
Wait. What happened to all the articles about Farage giggling while he won?
He won a seat in House of Commons. He had previously tried but failed to get elected at a national level. His new party got 5 seats in the house (of 650 available) in this election with a national wide 14% of the vote. The First past of post system used in the UK makes it very difficult for new parties to even get in the door. As Nigel has stated this election was about getting a beachhead and building support for the 2029 election.
He is famous for been an anti-european union MP within the EU parliament (where PR makes it easier to get in), calliing for Brexit and basically forcing a vote within the UK.