The Hanson surge. Protest vote a threat to democracy?

The Hanson surge. Protest vote a threat to democracy?

Pauline Hanson’s One Nation won the Farrer by-election last week, while Nigel Farage’s Reform UK trashed the British Labour Party in local council elections. What’s behind it? Aleta Moriarty asks. The Farrer by-election result and Reform UK’s stunning win both reflect growing frustration with mainstream politics, soaring inequality and a distrust of institutions, being captured by the populist right, and perhaps paving the way for autocracy. For…