Tomorrow(June 8) the U.K. will be holding it's general election. The leading "candidates" for Prime Minister are Theresa May who is head of the Conservative Party and Jeremy Corbyn who is head of the Labour Party. The reason I use candidates in quotations is that PM's aren't elected as Presidents are in the USA. The general election decides who holds the 650 seats of Parliament. The leader of whichever party holds the most seats in Parliament becomes Prime Minister. Corbyn's rise is very Sanders-esque despite Corbyn being much further Left than Bernie Sanders. The lead Theresa May held over Corbyn has shrunk considerably in the months leading up to the election due to a wave of Left Wing populism that has risen behind the Labour party leader. The media parallels are uncanny as well. Most mainstream outlets have completely discounted a Corbyn victory and have printed a lot of anti-Corbyn propaganda the year leading up to the election.
A quick explanation of what exactly is happening tomorrow.
A quick explanation of what exactly is happening tomorrow.
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