Power Line's Steven Hayward reproduces for our enjoyment the Facebook remarks of London mayor Boris Johnson. A rising Tory star and Trump-like figure in U.K. politics, Johnson writes about the opposition Labor Party's apparent choice of leader - Jeremy Corbyn - following the disastrous-for-them election earlier this year.
Corbyn is more leftist than predecessor Ed Miliband, whom the electorate deemed too far left. You get the sense Johnson can't quite believe his good luck.
Apparently, a fair analog would be our Democrats nominating George McGovern to run for president in 1972. McGovern carried only two jurisdictions (MA, DC) but not his home state of South Dakota.
Perhaps Labor has decided, with their former stronghold Scotland gone, they have no realistic chance of actually gaining a Parliamentary majority. Under the circumstances, why not choose a leader who advocates their true goals, who says what they feel?
