There are plenty of differences between Trump and Brexit, but since Trump called himself Mr. Brexit it's not out of bounds to compare the two.

Just arrived in Scotland. Place is going wild over the vote. They took their country back, just like we will take America back. No games!

As much as Labour tried to change the narrative to austerity, what motivated the British public to give Upper Class Twit of the Year Boris Johnson and his fox hunting buddies a five year license to trample all over the British commons was Boris' clear stand in favor of Brexit.

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Open diamonds are flipped seats, which shows that nearly all of the flips from Labour to the Tories happened in majority Leave districts.

full chart here

and the analogies with Sanders and the US only go so far.

Politics in the US, Britain, and Europe in general are being upended, I'd caution against pigeon holing things into the old left/right, Dem/Repub, Tory/Labor, scenario.

A little over a year ago I wrote this.

U.K. PM Boris Johnson probably didn't expect it to be this hard.

On the same day that Britain's economy stalled, new PM Boris Johnson told the people working for him to make preparing for a no-deal Brexit their "absolute top priority".

The UK European elections are about to happen, and it couldn't be worse for the Tories.