THE 2026 Senedd election has been marked by the rise of the far right in Wales and especially in poorer, working-class traditional Labour constituencies.How has this been allowed to happen? What does it mean for progressive politics in Wales, and how has the trade union movement, which has 365,000 members in a country of three million people, not managed to engage its members?Star readers are well aware of the impeccable Thatcherite politics of Reform UK’s leader Nigel Farage and leading ex-Tory figures who have jumped ship to save their political skins.