2025-09-13
26 分钟The Economist Today on The Weeknd Intelligence, something a little different.
We're revisiting an episode from April,
because a lot has happened on the topic between then and now.
That topic is the Reform Party, once on the fringe of British politics.
Now it's on a tear in the polls.
That puts the two major parties, Labour and Conservative,
on what a Brit might call a bit of a sticky wicket.
Matthew Holhouse, our British politics correspondent, more or less saw this coming back in April.
Now, as a summer of national flags and fiery rallies comes to a close,
reform is setting the political weather on some hot-button issues, but particularly immigration.
So I sat down with Matthew to guide us through the past five months.
and how reform and its charismatic leader are handling their growing chance of actually governing.
I really believe it's been the most incredible conference.
The big word that comes out of it is energy.
The energy has been literally unbelievable.
The enthusiasm has been extraordinary.
As we head towards those massive elections in Wales, in Scotland, in London,
in the Midlands, and elsewhere next year, is that you are the People's Army.
Matthew, what is it we're listening to here?
That man speaking was Nigel Farage.