I'm watching the British elections closely...

[malthaussen]

... while Britain seems to follow the US in most things political (a lot like Australia in that), I think, or perhaps "hope" is a better word, that what happens Over There will be a foreshadowing of what happens here. Yes, the situations are not exactly parallel, but I have been thinking that the British public are as fed up with the "Conservatives" as the US public is with the GOP. And the Conservatives seem to have closely modelled themselves on the GOP: the same arrogant indifference to the public, the same sense of entitlement, the same (or worse!) tired old isolationist and economic rhetoric.

If true, based on the current projections from Over There, we'll be popping champagne corks for days after our own election.

-- Mal

[AZSkiffyGeek]

1. Remember that Brexit forshadowed TFG by a few months too

[malthaussen]

3. Oh, believe me, I do. n/t

[anciano]

2. Hope is alive and well! 👍

[moondust]

4. I just heard a couple analysts

suggest that the British electorate is not moving left but just dumping the Tories for not doing a very good job.

[FreeState]

5. Exit polls: LAB 410, CON 131, LD 61, REF 13 n/t

[malthaussen]

9. That 410 is, literally, unprecedented.

Maggie and her gang of cockroaches took 397 seats in 1983, when the whole world decided to turn to the Right.

-- Mal

[muriel_volestrangler]

11. I looked up 1997 - Labour got 418, more than I remembered

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1997_United_Kingdom_general_election

[malthaussen]

16. Bah, my memory was faulty, then.

Which fortunately doesn't alter the main fact, which is that the Conservatives got toasted.

-- Mal

[Richard_GB]

6. Enjoy, I am watching the BBC

It is going to be a late night for me.

[DrivingOnThe Left]

7. A very well-organised tactical voting campaign has contributed to the big majority too

It's been a long, weary 14 years. Thank heavens they've gone.

[AZSkiffyGeek]

13. Is Reform the Brexit Nazis? NT

[mainer]

10. Brexit comes back to haunt them

It’s been a disaster and the Tories are blamed.

[Utley]

17. they should be blamed

tories wanted brexit then totally botched it. Poor execution.

[Boomerproud]

12. It's my understanding that most folks are fed up with both.

Labour has a huge mountain to climb. Time will tell if they can turn it around.