Moosh: UK media should use Elmo and Grover as stand-ins for Labour and the Tories the way US media uses donkeys and elephants for the Dems and the GOP.

The Brits know how to do an election night. We can't do it the same way, because we have a zillion different federal, state, & local offices up for grabs on the same day, plus ballot initiatives & referenda. But one night with elections to a single legislative house is so pure, it's fun.

we're only just getting started, time for the real coffee pot

UK politics can be grim, but election night there with constituencies being largely ungerrymandered, losers standing next to winners of podiums, and the "election season is 6 weeks, not 2 years" default is incredibly wholesome

Also our next Prime Minister is standing on a platform next to someone dressed as Elmo and someone called Keith the Flying Brick.

UK media should use Elmo and Grover as stand-ins for Labour and the Tories the way US media uses donkeys and elephants for the Dems and the GOP.

Grover is a nice boy who just wants to be helpful. He doesn’t deserve to be smeared as a Tory

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