Britain’s Political Center Has Caved In
Defectors from both of Britain’s major political parties suffered huge losses in recent elections, leaving Parliament almost devoid of moderate lawmakers.
Britain’s next Parliament will look a lot different than the one that preceded it.
It will boast a sizable Conservative majority, ensuring not just for the next five years, but for the foreseeable future. It will look , with one in every 10 lawmakers of an ethnic-minority background, and of Parliament than ever before. It will also be increasingly polarized: between Scottish nationalists, who will use their to press for a second independence referendum, and the government in London, which is opposed to such plans; and within the opposition Labour Party, where the battle to reshape its future following a has already begun.
