{"id":6237,"date":"2017-06-09T14:49:20","date_gmt":"2017-06-09T18:49:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bobfelton.com\/?p=6237"},"modified":"2017-06-09T14:49:20","modified_gmt":"2017-06-09T18:49:20","slug":"theresa-mays-blunder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bobfelton.com\/?p=6237","title":{"rendered":"Theresa May’s blunder"},"content":{"rendered":"

As just about everyone knows by now, British Prime Minister Theresa May called an election years earlier than necessary — and unexpectedly lost her majority<\/a> in Parliament.<\/p>\n

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Prime Minister Theresa May looks like she’s lost her government majority in the UK election, according to the official exit poll. A hung parliament — where there is no overall winner — would make a huge difference to Brexit. Here’s what might happen, depending on the final results:<\/p>\n

A disaster for the PM, because she has thrown away the first Conservative majority government for 18 years after just two.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Since reaction worldwide — in the West as well as in the Muslim states — is fueled chiefly by the accelerating decline of the Abrahamic faiths, I think the long view is that this is a good thing; nothing good can happen when the backward-looking are in the driver’s seat.<\/p>\n

But how did an experienced politician make such a blunder? I’m not privy to her thoughts and am only thinking out loud, but I’m inclined to speculate that she looked across the Atlantic and could see that the so-called ‘conservatism’ of Donald Trump is wildly unpopular and she decided to firm-up her grip on office before the tide has fully receded.<\/p>\n

Whoops.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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