Party crasher: Nigel Farage's lesson for US conservatives

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Americans watching Reform UK’s rise across the Atlantic are understandably intrigued. Nigel Farage’s insurgent party has broken through a two-party political system that, for generations, looked locked in place. It took councils from Cornwall to County Durham and climbed to the top of national polling, with some projections suggesting Farage could enter Downing Street with a governing majority.