Posted originally on Aug 28, 2025 by Martin Armstrong |  

The United Kingdom’s Labour Party is experiencing the lowest approval rating since the last general election, with only 20% approving of Keir Starmer’s administration. What we are seeing in Britain is part of a broader global cycle of political discontent. Politicians are losing credibility because they are offering nothing but recycled policies that fail to address the economic storm at hand.

Starmer, like so many others in power today, has no real solutions. He inherited a fragile economy already crippled by decades of mismanagement, and instead of reversing course, he doubled down on the very same failed ideas. The endless promises of “green jobs” and “renewable energy revolutions” have failed. Energy costs remain high, industry continues to flee, and average households are struggling with the global cost of living crisis. The public feels betrayed because they were sold the illusion of prosperity under the Labour Party.

A Reform UK spokesperson accused Starmer of “cosying up to the EU and leaving [Britain] entangled in reams of retained EU law which Kemi Badenoch failed to scrap will not resuscitate Britain’s struggling economy.” Brexit may have occurred but the current administration has not broken ranks with Brussels. Starmer is forcibly pushing the UK into a war and compromising domestic policies for globalist ambitions.

The Reform UK Party is now leading the polls with 28% of the vote. Nigel Farage is offering the people a new opportunity under an administration that would prioritize domestic issues. Farage has called Starmer’s economic approach a “mad experiment” and has criticized government spending and excessive taxation. He has promised to save Britain’s energy sector and repeal all net-zero policies that cost over £40 billion annually. Farage published a piece on The Telegraph explaining the severity of the nation’s migrant crisis. He believes that the UK has spent  £10 billion over five years on the migrant crisis and described the rise in crime and expenses as a “national emergency.” Farage has also expressed caution regarding sending UK troops to Ukraine.

The model suggests that as we approach the next critical political/economic wave, confidence in political leaders worldwide will erode. The people are turning to candidates whom the mainstream media paints as extreme because the world has awakened to the failed globalist policies that are destroying their nations. The people want national sovereignty that cannot be achieved through the establishment.