Because UK and U.S. politics share one online English-language space, American policy shifts can reset what is thinkable in Britain. The article argues Trump’s second‑term border crackdown created a 'permission structure' for Farage to propose ECHR exit and mass deportations. This is less electoral contagion than media‑ecosystem contagion.
— If Anglophone media synchronizes Overton windows, U.S. nationalist turns can rapidly export hardline policies to allied democracies.
Aris Roussinos
2025.09.17
65% relevant
It explicitly frames Reform as looking to Trump’s U.S. administration as a model, decrying the 'Americanisation' of British politics while embracing it as a template for a table‑scattering strategy.
Mary Harrington
2025.08.26
100% relevant
Harrington explicitly credits Trump’s 'America First' second term for enabling Farage’s proposal and notes the 'undifferentiated Anglophone discourse' online.
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