After Thursday night’s political earthquake, the British Labour Party now holds the largest majority it has ever had in its 124-year history.

And Donald Trump ally Nigel Farage, the leader of the right-wing UK Reform Party, also won a parliamentary seat for the first time after failing to do so on seven previous attempts. 

“It’s not just disappointment with the Conservative Party,” Farage, who spearheaded the Brexit movement, said in his victory speech. 

“There is a massive gap on the center-right of British politics and my job is to fill it. And that’s exactly what I’m going to do.”

“Congratulations to Nigel Farage on his big WIN of a Parliament Seat Amid Reform UK Election Success,” Trump wrote on Truth Social after the race was called. 

“Nigel is a man who truly loves his country.”

Consequently, the Conservative Party currently holds just 121 seats, its most crushing defeat in its 190-year history.

So what does this all mean for US-UK relations in light of what’s happening on the American political scene – particularly regarding Farage given his strong relationship with Trump?

Farage is allied with Trump at a time when the former president is currently a huge favorite to return to the Oval Office.

Trump leads the fumbling and frail Joe Biden by anywhere from 6-9 points nationally after the president’s disastrous debate performance with the world watching last week. 

Since that evening in Atlanta, where Biden sounded exhausted and often couldn’t articulate basic thoughts, the calls for him to leave the race by American media have grown.

It includes calls from the editorial boards of the New York Times, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and Boston Globe.

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At least 25 Democratic lawmakers have also called on Biden to step aside. 

Before the debate. Trump led in every critical swing state.

Since then, one Democratic internal poll even showed Biden losing in traditional blue states including New Hampshire, Virginia, and New Mexico.

Those states haven’t been won by a Republican presidential candidate in decades.

Betting markets also now have Trump as the overwhelming favorite to win, which would only strengthen Farage’s hand in the House of Commons. 

For the Conservative Party, the end was inevitable after 14 years in power.

It’s left a dubious legacy after being at the helm as the UK left the European Union.

During the uneasy transition, it also burned through three prime ministers from Boris Johnson, to the blink-and-you-miss-it seven-week spell of Liz Truss, to the unstimulating reign of Rishi Sunak.

“We need to move forward together,” said incoming Prime Minister Keir Starmer, “only be healed by actions, not words. I know that, but we can make a start today.”

“My government will serve you,” the 61-year-old added. “Politics can be a force for good,” by putting “country first, party second.”

“This wound, this lack of trust, can only be healed by actions not words. I know that, but we can make a start today with the simple acknowledgement,” Starmer also said. 

Despite the big victory, voters weren’t exactly enthusiastic about their choices. 

Voter turnout approached a record low.

Landslide, yes.

But it appears the choice in the minds of many was a choice between the lesser of two evils. 

Despite Labour’s victory, its hold on power is tenuous.

Seemingly nobody is happy in the UK with its leaders these days. 

A recent poll by the National Centre for Social Research, 58 percent, a record high, shared they “almost never” trust “politicians of any party in Britain to tell the truth when they are in a tight corner.” 

That’s up 19 points from just four years ago. 

Good luck, Labour… you’re going to need much more than that to overcome this perception.