This Side of the Pond

Politics across the pond has never had the glitz and glamor of America’s election season. The differences between our political systems have created a situation in which you guys have rallies, ticker tape and superstars and Britain has…well, not much reason for a party.

Unfortunately, it’s seemed in recent years as though our politicians have been wondering how to capture the magic for themselves. If nothing else, this has answered the question of what happens when you take a bunch of fusty old men in well-tailored suits and ask them to pretend that they, too, have that indefinable “American c...