UK Elections Thread
I’m going to Stoney’s Pub to support Delaware Shakespeare* and hopefully watch Jeremy Corbyn shock the world by becoming the UK’s next Prime Minister, so I will not be commenting. But feel free to chime in if anything interesting or momentous happens.
*10% of your meal tab will be donated to support DelShakes which is doing a fucking kickass production of Henry V this summer. Get your tickets early.
Listening to the back and forth here, I think I agree with those who say that the future of the Democratic Party in Delaware, and indeed the country is to move left. Single payer, closing corporate prisons, fully funding education, all are among the things people want in this country. For Democrats, turning to corporate supporters and entering into agreements with them is a dead end. Worse, that is assuredly the path that will continue to lead to electoral loss. One problem Democrats face is to forestall those corporate contributions going to opponents. This is why, when I get a survey asking broad ranging questions about what is the most important issue, I continue to say that it is getting money out of politics. But we cannot wait for that to happen to be the progressives we are. Take the fight for our values to voters, and demand accountability and transparency from our friends. This is what voters want.
Early elections blow up in May’s face. A hung Parliament isn’t the best outcome, but it is much better than Conservatives picking up more seas.