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Has the two-party system outlived its usefulness?

5 May 2025

11:48 PM

5 May 2025

11:48 PM

A popular English YouTuber made an interesting claim in response to Britain’s local elections on Thursday: the two major parties are outdated. They are ‘20th Century parties’ that don’t belong in the 21st Century.

These comments were made by Carl Benjamin (also known as Sargon of Akkad), while reflecting on Nigel Farage’s unprecedented win (raking in over 40 per cent of available seats), and the catastrophe this represents for the two major British parties, especially the Tories.

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