A New Calculus Is Being Tested on the Race for London’s Mayor

Our Brexit Diarist Reports Has His Eye on New Party Founded by Nigel Farage 

By Stephen MacLean, Special to the Sun | April 26, 2021  

As the date of local elections looms in the United Kingdom, we may be witnessing a remarkable new political calculus that is testing the waters in the race for mayor for London. Might Conservative-minded Britons, repulsed by the Conservative Government, be willing to support other parties that support their values and value their support?

One such is Reform UK, founded by the hero of Brexit, Nigel Farage, and now led by his lieutenant, Richard Tice. Reform is the latest iteration of the Brexit Party (itself an outgrowth of the UK Independence Party), now engaged in political reform at Westminster. Its objective is greater political accountability. Among its aims are an elected House of Lords and MP recall. Some of its aspirations, like a popular peerage, may need a rethink, but keeping politicians’ feet to the fire is a good thing.

Another promising entry on the right is the Reclaim Party, led by actor-turned-activist Lawrence Fox. Americans will know him as “Detective Sergeant Hathaway” from the PBS-series, “Lewis.” Himself a target of “cancel culture” for his outspoken views on freedom of speech, Mr. Fox founded Reclaim on the issue of the right to speak one’s views, free from coercion and intimidation. He is running as a candidate in London’s mayoral election on May 6..............To Read More.....

My Take - Understanding British politics is painful, kind of like stabbing yourself all over with a spoon.  I've never really understood it, and I think it's because England doesn't have an American style Constitution as does America to use as a touchstone.  Their "Constitution", is described in this way:

Though not codified, the UK's constitution is written in hundreds of Acts of Parliament, court cases, and in documented conventions. Its essential principles are Parliamentary sovereignty, the rule of law, democracy and internationalism.

Britain, and many of it's former colonies, use something called the Westminster system, which seems to me to have been created to accommodate all the different countries that made up Great Britain.  Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada, Australia, etc., weren't like America's states. 

That, along with their Parliamentary system, and while officially there are only two parties, they seem to be made up of multiple factions.  It can get really complicated for Americans.  

The Israeli's have a parliamentary system and the last time I looked there were 13 political parties, maybe more now, and government coalitions have to be created to form a government.  Some of those parties have diametrically opposing views, yet share power.  

It boggles my mind how anything gets done. 

 

 

Britain Has Grown Trumpier, State Visit Shows

By SETH LIPSKY, From the New York Post | June 4, 2019

Too bad President Trump can't run for prime minister of Britain. He arrived in London for his long-awaited state visit just as Britons showed themselves to be a lot Trumpier than the elites have been suggesting.

Oh, sure, the Leftist louts in London hauled out their 20-foot "baby Trump" balloon, showing the president in diapers. Another, showing Mr. Trump tweeting while on a gold toilet, was reportedly being readied. Protesters are out in force.

The far more meaningful "demonstration," though, took place May 23. That's when Britons elected a new delegation to the European Parliament. In a stunning turnout, Nigel Farage's Brexit Party just trounced the establishment........

The way the London “Independent” tells it, Mr. Trump launched via tweet from Air Force One an “extraordinary attack” on Mr. Khan. He called Mr. Khan a “stone cold loser” and — oomph — likened him to Mayor de Blasio.

Of course, Mr. Trump launched those insults only after Mr. Khan described the president as “one of the most egregious examples of a growing global threat” and suggested that he talks like the “fascists of the 20th century.”................Continue Reading

Trump Not Good Enough for London’s Muslim Mayor

Dr. Michael Hurd

London Mayor Sadiq Khan says Trump is not ‘in the same class’ as Obama, Bush. [FoxNews.com 5-11-19]  Well of course. President Trump doesn’t like terrorists. Unlike Obama & even Bush, he blows them up without hesitation.  So why would London’s hateful mayor like President Trump?   Maybe Americans should stop visiting London until its citizens remove this morally puny twit from office.....This appeared here....

Mayor of London Issues Horrific Insult Against President Trump

By Andrew West September 25, 2017

There are a number of ways in which the world at large has been insulting the President of the United States, and none of them are particularly dignified. Besides the obvious slurs and words coming from the likes of Kim Jong Un, Vladimir Putin, and whoever is speaking for Iran, Trump has been subjected to a number of digs from around the globe.  His opponents have mostly stuck to biting bits of diplomatic dissonance, with the occasionally rude retort tossed in for good measure.
Trump has taken these insults like a champion, however, allowing the words to slide right off of his back or, alternatively, firing off 140 characters of vengeance in near-instant fashion via Twitter.....To Read More.....

My Take - So the Muslim Mayor of London, who has made light of the murders committed by jihadists, now claims Trump is like ISIS.  Well, when the likes of Putin, Un and the Mayor London hates you - you must be doing something right. And that pretty much goes for the rest of the leftist leaders of the world.