Der Spiegel ( Jörg Schindler) on the latest ordeal, the British election:

'Daryl is 54 years old and lives in one of the poorest regions of the United Kingdom. He was once a nurse, once homeless, and once a victim of domestic violence. He used to vote for the Labour Party, but he's not so sure he will this time around.

On December 12, the UK will be voting on its future. And the north of England, where many people have stories similar to Daryl's, has become this election's battlefield. Indeed, pollsters believe that people like Daryl will largely decide what will likely become the most important election in the country's recent history. As a result, even if many politicians might struggle to find places like Wigan, Warrington or Workington on a map, they are showing an interest in them -- at least for a few more days.

This election, brought about by Boris Johnson, will be the third to take place in four-and-a-half years. The prime minister has said he is sick of the paralysis that still-incomplete Brexit has brought upon the country and is counting on his leadership skills to win him and his Conservatives a clear majority. If he succeeds, he will implement Brexit by the end of January, and then finally "unleash" the UK from Brussels. At least, that's what he says.'

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'Labor is promising 83 billion pounds in investments and Corbyn intends to raise that money from large companies and wealthy citizens and place it in a "social transformation fund," the likes of which the country has never seen. The north, in particular, would profit from the fund. The policy is popular among large swathes of the population, but it doesn't seem like Corbyn will ever be able to implement it. No matter what he promises, Corbyn's promises are overshadowed by Labour's stance on Brexit.

Following the election, Corbyn wants to negotiate a soft Brexit with the EU and then put it to a new referendum, with the option of calling off Brexit altogether. Many voters in London and southern England were thrilled when Corbyn finally announced his position, but in Labour's northern heartland, many feel betrayed. Here, people don't want Corbyn's billions. They want to leave the EU, even if it will presumably make their lives even worse.

Labour politician Lisa Nandy, a determined 40-year-old who represents Wigan in Westminster, says the region has too often been ignored by politicians. That Brexit has become a touchstone for voters on whether they can believe anything politicians say. "Now, talking about a People's Vote suggests to those people, in towns like mine, that they're not people and their votes don't count," Nandy says, and she can't imagine what would happen if Brexit were simply called off. When she knocks on doors to campaign, she is often simply told to "go away," she explains. "But they don't mean Labour, they mean politics."'

Read the article here.

Johnson is an obvious disaster, Corbyn is another obvious disaster. As I said before, for one because Corbybn never wholeheartedly supported membership of the EU.

Corbyn, to be precise, is a walking public relations disaster, compared to him the former French president, François Hollande, was a public relations saint.
And those who believed that Corbyn would save the left in Europe, they were not only mistaken, they were blind. It could have been clear to them many years ago that exactly Corbyn's kind of rhetoric enables politicians like Johnson, Trump, Le Pen et cetera. The electorate might be partly illiterate, but they have a good nose for gauche caviar. Corbyn might not be gauche caviar, more gauche fish & chips, but the dishonesty cannot be missed.
Corbyn's Labour enabled Brexit, together with most of the establishment of Britain.

Nobody should be surprised that some of the British voters, the ones who feel neglected, now want what also the Labour Party once between the lines promised them: departure, independence, glory, based on nothing but the creation of a faux enemy, Brussels.