Nigel Farage declared Reform UK as the "real opposition" after a surprise sweep in UK local elections, including a historic by-election win. The right-wing party also captured mayoral and council seats,

With a stunning sweep across local councils and a historic by-election victory, Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party has done what many thought impossible: cracked Britain’s long-standing two-party dominance,

The candidate for Reform U.K., the right-wing party of British lawmaker and ally of President Donald Trump, Nigel Farage, won a parliamentary by-election by six votes, taking the seat from the governing Labour Party in a stunning political upset.