Nexus Blog 4.0

Canadian Uprising

In a historic comeback in Canadian politics, Prime Minister Mark Carney retains his office and seat, overturning a poll gap between the Liberals and Conservatives of over 20 points to gain a Liberal minority of 169, three seats shy of majority, beating the conservatives which hold 143 seats in a victory against the right. Trump was a major factor in this comeback as fears loom over economic repercussions of tariffs and aggressive talks of annexation culminated in a sense of patriotism and rally around the flag effect for Canadians. Canada has been promised left-leaning investment into housing and free trade federally whilst expanding ties with Europe which brings us on to the impacts on the UK which seem to look positive so far, with Carney seeming eager to boost trade with Europe and the UK providing a secure market for UK goods to potentially exploits and a front against Trumpian politics.

Local Election Revolution

This has been one of the most cataclysmic local elections in UK political history, with the two-party system showing signs of collapse and a monumental clash between Labour and Reform, which saw Reform overcome a 14,000 Labour majority to win in Runcorn and Helsby by 6 votes. This result is bad for the UK as it furthermore echoes the notion that the anti-immigration platform will get us through this economic mess, without acknowledging that the problem is actually terrible economic policy over 15 years with a rise in immigration and correlation and the fact Brexit killed the UK private sector trade. Labour are also at fault for alienating firm Labour voters by mimicking austerity under the conservatives and failing to deliver the right change, instead cutting fuel allowance which was a big reason for the loss, and absence of notable party leaders such as Keir Starmer.