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Photo Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/GettyCLACTON-ON-SEA, England—British parliamentary elections have not been kind to Nigel Farage. He's previously failed in no fewer than seven attempts to win a seat in Westminster, one of which nearly killed him, but he remains undeterred. On Thursday, as U.K. voters head to the polls in the general election, the right-wing populist Reform U.K. leader—promising MAGA-style immigration crackdowns and a "patriotic" curriculum in schools—might just secure a place in the House of Commons for the first time.
He'll be mounting his most recent effort at a moment when European voters appear to have developed something of a taste for more hard-core right-wing politics. The latest example came in France, where Marine Le Pen's hard-right National Rally won the largest vote share in the first round of the parliamentary election on Sunday. But whether Britain, a country that overwhelmingly views Donald Trump unfavorably, is ready to embrace a man who seems to be
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