Shaken up: will Nigel Farage's Brexit party change politics? – podcast http://bit.ly/2JxKmLB Presented by Anushka Asthana with Peter Walker and Samuel Gibbs; produced by Rachel Humphreys, Libby Brooks, Elizabeth Cassin, Axel Kacoutié and Jack Abbey; executive producers Phil Maynard and Nicole Jackson The Brexit party is expected to top the polls in this week’s European elections in the UK. Farage’s calls to leave the EU immediately without a deal have proved appealing to many voters who feel betrayed that Brexit is yet to be delivered. The Guardian’s Peter Walker describes a reshaping of British politics. Plus: Samuel Gibbs on Google and Huawei The Brexit party has no manifesto, but in its short existence it has already amassed more than 100,000 registered supporters and now leads the polls for this week’s European elections. Its leader, Nigel Farage, has rallied supporters with demands for an immediate no-deal Brexit – and wholesale political reform in Britain. The Guardian’s political correspondent Peter Walker has been following the Brexit party surge, and examines the impact on the traditional parties as well as Farage’s former colleagues in the now ailing Ukip. With Brexit talks due to continue into the summer, could the Brexit party have a political impact far beyond this week’s elections? Continue reading... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J May 21, 2019 at 04:00AM

The Brexit party is expected to top the polls in this week’s European elections in the UK. Farage’s calls to leave the EU immediately without a deal have proved appealing to many voters who feel betrayed that Brexit is yet to be delivered. The Guardian’s Peter Walker describes a reshaping of British politics. Plus: Samuel Gibbs on Google and Huawei

The Brexit party has no manifesto, but in its short existence it has already amassed more than 100,000 registered supporters and now leads the polls for this week’s European elections. Its leader, Nigel Farage, has rallied supporters with demands for an immediate no-deal Brexit – and wholesale political reform in Britain.

The Guardian’s political correspondent Peter Walker has been following the Brexit party surge, and examines the impact on the traditional parties as well as Farage’s former colleagues in the now ailing Ukip. With Brexit talks due to continue into the summer, could the Brexit party have a political impact far beyond this week’s elections?

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from The Guardian http://bit.ly/2JxKmLB