From Breakingviews: Boris Johnson was a beatable candidate, approval ratings showed. But Corbyn’s radically socialist alternative proved a bigger turn-off. Despite local differences, there are lessons for those hoping to challenge Trump, says rob1cox:
Britain's opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn waits for the General Election results of the Islington North constituency to be announced at a counting centre in Islington during Britain's general election, London, Britain December 13, 2019.
Newly re-elected Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s margin of victory is one for the record books. With all but one seat declared, his Conservative Party had garnered 364 seats in the House of Commons, compared with 203 for Labour. That not only gives Johnson a hefty majority, but may even allow him to soften his stance on matters like negotiating a trade deal with the European Union.
In that sense, what happened in the United Kingdom was less a Johnson win than a dismal Corbyn failure. Even in a country more sympathetic to social democratic policies than the United States, Corbyn was a step too far. It wasn’t just that he proposed greater government spending paid for by higher taxes. His agenda called for outright nationalisation of swathes of British industry. Corbyn was also further from the mainstream on other matters like security and immigration.
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