A Right-Wing Wave in Britain Produces a Teenage Civic Leader NYT | Top Stories By: Stephen Castle 5 September 2025 at 12:01 As Reform U.K. meets for its annual conference, the experience of its youngest municipal leader, George Finch, shows a party trying to combine caution and provocation. © Stefan Rousseau/Press Association, via Getty ImagesGeorge Finch, left, leader of Warwickshire County Council, appearing at a news conference alongside Reform U.K.’s leader, Nigel Farage, last month.