Looking Left

Kamala Harris looks to labour for advice:

One of the places Harris is reportedly seeking advice from is the UK’s Labour Party. In July’s election, Labour won an impressive number of seats in Parliament, so it’s easy to see the appeal of a party that won a landslide — at least on paper. “Vice President Kamala Harris is reportedly seeking advice from the political strategists behind the Labour Party’s landslide victory in the July U.K. election, but any advice they can offer her is unlikely to improve her electoral prospects,” reports the Washington Examiner. “In 2024, the Labour Party won an enormous majority in the House of Commons,” the report continues. “In a climate in which liberal parties are losing ground to populist, right-wing parties, the result has been viewed as a road map for left-of-center parties to return to electoral success.” I’ve written before about how Labour’s big numbers are a bit of a mirage. The “landslide” only happened because of the UK’s electoral system, in which a candidate needs only achieve a plurality to win. In a system where half a dozen candidates may be in a race, many Labour candidates won with bare pluralities. This fact has led Britons to express low confidence in this government, which also makes it curious that Team Harris would look to Labour for advice.

They like the losers...