Theo in Arlington: So basically UK voters elected the centrist Labor party by overwhelming margins, increased power for the lefty Liberal Democrats, completely smacked rightwing Conservatives, neutered Scottish independence, & gave the far-right Reform a big foothold. TBH I can't see any cohesive narrative to that...

Farage is going to do what Trump did to the Republican Party. Remake it entirely and he'll probably succeed.

Nigel Farage, Right-Wing Disrupter, Elected to Parliament for the First Timewww.nytimes.com His upstart party, Reform U.K., was projected to win four seats, a strong showing, according to a nationwide exit poll.

So basically UK voters elected the centrist Labor party by overwhelming margins, increased power for the lefty Liberal Democrats, completely smacked rightwing Conservatives, neutered Scottish independence, & gave the far-right Reform a big foothold. TBH I can't see any cohesive narrative to that...

Another lesson: the LibDems have played a long game. They focused on winning local elections, building trust, and as trust eroded in the Tories, voters in LibDem local government areas returned LibDem MPs. Some lessons here for us in Virginia

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