Trump Crazies in the Neighborhood Locked

D Cox wrote:

furtle wrote:

Christophe D wrote:

furtle wrote:

For balance.

Just asking, is Boris Johnson speaking in front of a parking full of empty Jeep pickups ?

Nope. That’s Bozo winning his seat at the last general election. He was up against some stiff opposition. Sadly, the Raving Loony Monster Party didn’t field a candidate.

The election for each seat in the House of Commons is a local election. Naturally if a candidate happens to be the leader of a party, jokers are likely to stand against him.

There isn't a general election for Prime Minister in Britain. The House of Commons acts as an electoral college. It works but we don't have enough checks and balances -- I like the US system of limiting the President's power to Foreign Policy and the Military, so that any domestic policy he wants to bring in can only be done by persuading members of Congress. Lyndon Johnson was good at persuading, I believe.

As for the photos, I don't see why people shouldn't put up flags and poster to support their favourite politicians or football teams, if they want to. Enthusiasm isn't insanity.

Don Cox

My understanding of American political culture (admittedly, entirely from TV) is that there is a lot of razzmatazz associated with it and overt flag waving and public cheer leading and celebrating - much more than there is here in the UK.  The US president kind of combines the roles of the UK Prime Minister and the Monarch.  And there is plenty of flag waving and razzamatazz around Royalty over here (for reasons that entirely elude me. I can't really imagine why people stand in the cold at the side of the road for hours to watch the Queen's limo drive past for a split second).

It would be interesting for those of us furriners to know whether the photos at the top of this thread are par for the course or something radical.