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Labour Majority Hides Surge of SNP, Farage-Backed Reform

5/6/2026

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Labour's Westminster majority masks a fracturing UK as nationalist parties gain power in Scotland and Wales.
The SNP remains Holyrood's biggest party while Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar rejected Keir Starmer, calling the national brand a burden in Edinburgh.
Welsh First Minister Eluned Morgan faces a double incumbency disadvantage as Reform Party leader Nigel Farage is projected second in Wales, potentially intensifying English nationalist backlash.

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Labour's Westminster majority masks a fracturing UK as nationalist parties gain power in Scotland and Wales.
The SNP remains Holyrood's biggest party while Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar rejected Keir Starmer, calling the national brand a burden in Edinburgh.
Welsh First Minister Eluned Morgan faces a double incumbency disadvantage as Reform Party leader Nigel Farage is projected second in Wales, potentially intensifying English nationalist backlash.