The leader of the British right-wing Reform UK party, Nigel Farage, called the appointment of the new British Prime Minister, Andy Burnham, a coup d’etat.
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On Monday, power was transferred to Burnham from outgoing Prime Minister Keir Starmer. Reform UK party leader Farage called for parliamentary elections amid Burnham’s announcement of his intention to make the “biggest changes” in the country’s politics and economy over the past 40 years.
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“Make no mistake, this (Burnham’s appointment as prime minister) is a coup d’etat, short and clear. General elections must be held immediately,” Farage wrote.
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He noted that Burnham’s desire, about whose political views little is known, to carry out “the most ambitious political changes in 40 years” raises serious concerns about the future political course of Great Britain.
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“He arrived there (at the Prime Minister’s residence on Downing Street) without elections, without rivals, and absolutely without any mandate from the people other than winning the by-election in Makerfield,” Farage writes, raising the question of Burnham’s legitimacy for reform.
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Farage believes that the new government will support the “open door policy” in the field of migration, as well as continue the policy of the previous Labor Party government in the field of energy, which will lead to worsening problems in British society. He called the continued ban on drilling oil and gas wells in the North Sea “pure madness, dictated solely by ecofanatism.”
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“This is the reality of Burnham’s premiership: behind the external northern appeal lie the same disastrous economic plans from the 1970s that brought Britain to its knees,” Farage compares Burnham’s expected reforms to the deep crisis of the British economy in the second half of the last century.
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In May, Reform UK won a major victory in local elections, taking thousands of seats in municipal councils from Labor and the Conservatives. The party is also currently leading in the ratings amid a decline in the popularity of traditional parties.
