Just a quick comment from the left side of the Pond.


Don't think I've seen this on the thread yet.   What I've read is that this election comes under the heading of:   "Be careful what you wish for"---since anybody who "wins" this election will have to cut the budget substantially---with a lot of pain for somebody, probably for a lot of people.   That party or parties will then as a result lose a lot of popularity.

So any politician who wants a successful career in politics would actually be better off out of power at this point.

Is that a reasonable statement?