I don’t know how old you are but people being hacked off with politicians isn’t new. I have seen it throughout my 81 years. The big difference today is the existence of social media and its capacity to spread disinformation and propaganda which some then regard as the truth, and the truth as lies. You have only to look at the USA to see the impact of this when it’s exploited to its full potential.
People can, and do, get out and protest. However what they are protesting about is being manipulated. They are being fed hatred. Are there really any more “kiddie fiddlers” these days than in the past or are people just being encouraged to believe there are? Are they really tying flags to lampposts as a sign of patriotism or because they’ve been encouraged to?
Farage is on a personal quest. He has less idea of how to actually solve our systemic problems in the world of 2025 than any of the real politicians. He is a populist trumpet. Blowing the tunes that get headlines in the Mail and winding up the impressionable.
He wouldn’t be thwarted by liberal left progressives or anyone else. He would be thwarted by realism.
What will happen at the next GE I don’t know any more than anyone else, but I worry because I don’t see anything sensible on the horizon. Farage is more than partially responsible for this, being the catalyst for Brexit and its mega stupidity. We need a brave, charismatic leader to emerge to tell us the truth, heal divisions, inspire and lead us. I don’t see one. Yet. I always have hope though.