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Nigel Farage’s ascent to power is not inevitable, and his party’s success in the May elections will expose its major weaknesses, says author Daniel Trilling

openDemocracy is an independent international media platform covering news, ideas and culture which seeks to challenge power and encourage democratic debate.

openDemocracy is an independent international media platform covering news, ideas and culture which seeks to challenge power and encourage democratic debate.

Is Reform fascist, far-right or merely right wing? And do we really need to get into this?

Journalist Daniel Trilling on Farage, right-wing populism, and how ‘the establishment’ normalised Reform

The Reform leader is taking the fight to the Greens' Zack Polanski