I’ve mentioned before one of my favorite political cartoons, which appeared in the British press after the fall of France, Belgium, and the Low Countries to Germany in World War II. The image shows a British Tommy, in a trench coat, with his helmet on his head at a rakish angle. He stands on an outcrop of rocks, presumably on the English Channel, with waves crashing about his feet. He holds his Enfield rifle in one hand, and with the other is shaking his fist at a sky full of German aircraft. The caption: “Very well. Alone.”
That, folks, was Great Britain: The island foundation of an empire that spanned the globe, whose navy ruled the seas. After that war, Britain was diminished. Henceforth, it would be the United States Navy keeping the sea lanes open, a Pax Americana instead of a Pax Britannica. But Britain remained British, for the most part. That is, until Britain’s Labour Party went nuts and, in a Biden-like gesture, threw the island nation’s doors open to all the Third World immigration that could pack themselves into lifeboats and cobbled-together craft to land a toe on British soil.
Well, it seems, with these latest council elections, that the British people are speaking out. Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party won big. Nigel Farage is walking around with a big, sizzling grin, and Kier Starmer, the Labour Party leader and Prime Minister, has a sheen of sweat on his forehead at every public appearance.
And well he should.
Thank you to our activists, our candidates and the voters who made history today.
Britain voted Reform. 🥂 pic.twitter.com/yWz8xo2JHK
— Nigel Farage MP (@Nigel_Farage) May 8, 2026
Nigel Farage may well be the UK’s Donald Trump: Running on Make Britain Great Again, vowing to enforce immigration law, to keep Britain British. It is, clearly, a message that resonates, even as the establishment media in Britain thought it wouldn’t. The Telegraph was among the first of the British media, as the election was still unfolding, even, to point this out:
When you look at these seismic local election results, remember how the Left has constantly attempted to smear, disparage, ridicule and discredit Nigel Farage and his party. Ponderous commentators have repeatedly predicted the Reform bubble would deflate; just another protest vote to be forgotten when Business as Usual returned to the political scene and voters drifted back to the old Tweedledum and Tweedledee of Labour and Conservative.
Already, the night has exceeded even Nigel Farage’s expectations. Reform is eating Labour’s breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Breakfast, lunch, afternoon tea, dinner, and the usual tot of gin before bedtime, it seems.
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Mr. Farage now sees his path cleared to being Prime Minister, and he would be light-years beyond the increasingly Bidenesque Kier Starmer:
The party surged in England, Scotland and Wales, pushing Labour to an unprecedented third place in Cardiff after nearly 30 years of continuous rule.
Mr Farage suggested he is now confident of a general election victory, declaring a ‘historic change in British politics’.
Speaking outside Havering town hall, London‘s first ever Reform-controlled council, Mr Farage said: ‘There is no more Left-Right. It’s a big, big day, not just for our party, but for a complete reshaping of British politics in every way.’
Here’s the thing: The next general election isn’t scheduled until 2029. But Mr. Farage and his Reform UK people may not have to wait that long. The British election system doesn’t work like ours; the Prime Minister can appeal to the King to dissolve the current Parliament, at which point a general election has to be held within 25 days, or Parliament itself can hold a snap election, which is generally only done when it favors the party in power.
Note that this would require some action on the part of Kier Starmer, who has been defiant since the council elections. But given enough pressure? He may have no other option but to step down and call for a general election, and at this moment, it looks like that would sweep Nigel Farage into #10 Downing Street.
That would be great for Britain.
Here’s the catch (there’s always a catch.) That’s when the work would begin, and it may well already be too late. The Labour Party has imported the Third World, and we’ve seen the results: Stabbings, robberies, attacks, grooming gangs, and so on. Will Britain have the wherewithal, not to mention the testicular fortitude, to get this done? Will even Nigel Farage be able to keep the British people and his government together through what would be necessary, namely, the deportation of hundreds of thousands of immigrants and “refugees?” That is the needful task. And here’s the thing: If Nigel Farage can do this, he will not only Make Britain Great Again, he may well go down in history as the greatest British Prime Minister since Winston Churchill. And as an American who traces over half of my ancestry to the British Isles, I can only say this: Good luck, Mr. Farage!
I can only add this:
If I were @Nigel_Farage, I’d be smiling like this, too. pic.twitter.com/ceGbd2jajL
— Ward Clark (@TheGreatLander) May 10, 2026
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