Now Farage not Starmer is feeding public’s appetite for change

The Reform UK leader has somehow dodged responsibility for the economic damage of Brexit and is winning over disaffected Labour voters

There was a time when any election campaign featuring the name Nigel Farage would have featured the word Brexit" just as prominently.

And yet, almost a decade after Farage orchestrated Britain's great EU schism, and with the Reform leader emerging as a bigger political threat than ever, at this week's local elections Brexit was not a word on the lips of voters.