British elections: Conservatives SLAUGHTER the Communists... er... Labor...

[K Frame]

I didn't realize that Jo Swinson, the leader of the Liberal Democrats, was campaigning largely on a position of not just stay in the EU, but simply revoke the voter-approved leave referendum. Not hold another referendum, just tell the people to *expletive deleted*ck off, you're wrong, you can't be trusted to do anything right, we're staying in the EU.

Oddly, though, she lost her seat not to a Conservative, but to the Scottish National Party...

[Ben]

Now the Britis are wondering what messages their election is going to send to Democrats...

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-50785442

The best voice on this is from a pre-tweeting, pre-electronic media, pre-opinion poll age - and it is from the 18th century English philosopher, Edmund Burke. He wrote:

"Because half a dozen grasshoppers under a fern make the field ring with their importunate chink, whilst thousands of great cattle, reposed beneath the shadow of the British oak, chew the cud and are silent, pray do not imagine that those who make the noise are the only inhabitants of the field."

[Angel Eyes]

In that same vein:

https://babylonbee.com/news/dems-vow-not-to-repeat-labour-partys-mistake-of-not-going-far-enough-left

[K Frame]

In that same vein:

https://babylonbee.com/news/dems-vow-not-to-repeat-labour-partys-mistake-of-not-going-far-enough-left

Once again I'm having a LOT of trouble figuring out whether Babylon Bee is being satirical or is so *expletive deleted*ing spot on that it's not even funny...

[K Frame]

Lizzie Warren has an interesting take on what Democrats should learn from the bloodbath Labor endured in Britain...

And it seems as if it's completely devoid of any understanding of what actually happened...

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/12/16/elizabeth-warren-government-listens-to-rich-guys-who-dont-want-to-pay-taxes.html

[Perd Hapley]

Nevermind.

[K Frame]

Boris Johnson's Brexit Plan has just blown through the House of Commons by a huge margin -- 358 to 234.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-50870939

Jeremy Corbyn of course told his Labor MPs to vote against it, but 6 of them broke ranks and voted for it. Pretty sure that in every exit plan vote Labor was a solid NO block.

[French G.]

Jeremy who?  Race to the bottom to see who can lose a legacy faster, him or Obama.