<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000"><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/world/europe/what-is-brexit.html?te=1&nl=morning-briefing&emc=edit_MBE_p_20191212&section=aBreak?campaign_id=51&instance_id=14475&segment_id=19527&user_id=05f6bda380f1de974ee04b846869adaf&regi_id=37170960ction=aBreak">https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/world/europe/what-is-brexit.html</a><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000">It's interesting to see the parallel between the UK and the US.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000">Conservatives: In power & an idiot leader</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000">Progressives: Many factions with scary "socialism" as a tag. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000">Moderates: Neither of the above represent them!</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000">And in the UK, an unpopular "opposition leader" at the helm scaring away the moderates. US does not have the same concept of the opposition leader. But then we have a huge number of opposition candidates many of whom might scare away moderate voters.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000">Disaster!</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000">   -- Owen</div></div>