A British Warning for American Conservatives?

The Tories could lose to Labor in an avalanche after failing to place their bets on supply-side principles that worked for Thatcher and Reagan.

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Prime Minister Sunak and Labor Party leader Sir Keir Starmer, left, debate at Nottingham, June 26, 2024. Phil Noble/pool via AP, file

The portents certainly look grim for Tories in Britain, where, polls say, Labor is poised for a landslide victory or even an avalanche. It’s a sobering prospect for Britain’s Conservatives, who won an 80-seat majority in the last election, propelled by Prime Minister Johnson’s pledge to “Get Brexit Done.” Once that goal was met, though, the Tories drifted, failing to capitalize on the possibilities offered by the restoration of British Independence.

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