'The foundations on which parties seek stability have become febrile and fragile...Single parties can no longer reflect the deep and various tensions that make up the country. They struggle even to manage the differences within their own ranks'

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https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2026/03/britain-has-entered-the-age-of-bloc-politics

Britain has entered the age of bloc politics

It has been decades in the making, but the fragmentation of Britain’s party system now looks like a permanent feature of the political landscape. Despite the way first past the post incentivises two-p

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'A very different politics – both structurally and culturally – will be needed for this fragmented age. Otherwise it will be the populist right that benefits from the chaos. If the progressive vote fragments while the regressive vote consolidates, Nigel Farage could yet become prime minister'