things change

What a wonderful day! A truly awful period of Tory governments comes to an end to be replaced by a Labour government carrying so much hope on its shoulders. Good luck, Sir Keir.

Thinking back to previous elections, I would usually stay up through much of the night, hoping for the outcome I wished for. This time, full of cold and not sleeping well, I didn’t have the will to stay up beyond midnight, and of course the exit poll made it perfectly clear what the result would be.

In my own constituency the Lib-Dems gained the seat from the Tories. Judging from the amount of communication we received, they deserved the win they achieved. I tactically voted Lib-Dem, as I have for most elections, in order to get a Labour government. Success after 14 years of trying!

I like this comment by Revoltaire to a Washington Post article about our election:

Britain has just illustrated why it remains head and shoulders above America in terms of democratic machinations. The election result announced within 24 hours. The defeated congratulate the victors and concede with grace. No heavies at ballot stations. No banning of drinking water at ballot stations. No life-time politically appointed judges relegating the government to a side-show.

As a Brit, this is fact – not gloating. Americans could do well to look to the UK to haul itself back from the tragedy it has become. The way Britain impeccably conducts elections, its judicial system, its globally respected police-force, its hugely loved free NHS (national health service – available to all its citizens since 1948!), its utter aversion to guns, its belief and adherence to the secular state, and its proud inclusion of socialism in a free market society are all what I believe makes Britain a great nation, despite the utterly unforgivable vandalism of the Tory’s tenure, a tenure that included the most destructive act against Britain since WWII, i.e., BREXIT, made and executed by The Conservative Party.

Goodbye, Tories – good riddance! May you never return in my lifetime for what you have done to my country! And, DEMs – decent Americans – trust me: Brits everywhere stand with you! Take heart: evil can and shall always be banished. Onwards and upwards to Roevember[*]! Godspeed.