INVENIRE

Everyone, even centrist-in-chief Rory Stewart, agrees that Britain needs reform. Crime, violent and petty, goes unpunished. Economic growth has flatlined since the Great Financial Crisis. Britons, especially young ones, are ashamed of their country. There lies the fundamental appeal of the Reform campaign: the current way, however articulated, isn't working and so the country needs something radically different. The party catapulted itself to the third most popular in Britain at the summer's General Election with a bold promise to break the two-party duopoly, reduce net migration to zero from its sky-high startpoint, and simultaneously cut taxes for everyone while reducing the budget. First Past the Post's tendency to protect established players prevented Reform from winning more than five seats outright. Nonetheless, the party's millions of votes nationwide made it a kingmaker in numerous constituencies and inaugurated a new era in British politics. The Labour Party...