The ‘Seesaw’ of Change Redefining UK Politics

Events in the Middle East, the radical rise of Zack Polanski, and a MAGA-aligned Reform UK are just some of the forces posing a complex challenge to the traditional two-party system of British politics. Adam Bienkov reports

‘We were in Greater Manchester chatting to a couple of women,” says Luke Tryl, whose organisation More in Common has spent the past 10 years speaking to voters about what is driving our national politics.

“And one woman said, ‘I’m really scared I’m going to end up voting for Reform’, and the other woman said, ‘I’m also really worried I’ll end up voting for them and it’ll be crazy, just like in Minnesota, and it will be all my fault’.”

This tension, which Tryl calls a “seesaw” between voters’ overwhelming desire for change and their growing fears about what that change could bring, is now dominating politics in the UK.