Trump ally Nigel Farage deals major blow to Starmer in local UK elections as resignation calls mount

The United Kingdom's ruling Labour Party is on track to suffer a major defeat in Thursday's local elections as Nigel Farage's right-wing Reform UK surges in support, prompting calls for Prime Minister Keir Starmer to resign.

Farage, an ally and friend of President Trump, told supporters: "Personally, I'll be very sad to see the Prime Minister go. I will be very, very sad indeed. He's the greatest asset we've got."

Alan Mendoza, executive director of the London-based Henry Jackson Society, told Fox News Digital, "The era of two-party politics is definitively over with Reform UK's stunning national success and the Green Party's more localized wins. The two traditional parties of government, Labour and the Conservatives, have been routed nationally and in some cases have ceased to exist as a meaningful force in whole swathes of the country. By backing Reform across much of the political landscape and the Greens in pockets, British people are indicating they've had enough of the politics of the past and are ready to embrace different ideas."

English local elections span over 5,000 seats across 163 local councils and six mayorships. The semi-autonomous parliaments in Scotland and Wales also held elections on Thursday.

Labour's losses were driven by defections both to the right and the left.

Labour also saw losses in urban cores and areas near universities to the far-left-wing Green Party and candidates running independent of established parties, many of whom were Muslim. 

Independent and Green Party candidates have so far won a net increase of approximately 90 seats.

The Conservatives, Labour's historic rival, are also on track to see considerable losses as a result of Thursday's elections. As of writing, the party has so far suffered a net loss of roughly 300 local seats.