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>>15090318
>what makes you so sure his chances of winning were a "fantasy"?
Not him but the loss of almost the entirety of Scotland (which used to vote mostly labour) to the SNP killed labours chances of another victory, without those seats they have little chance of gaining a majority without the conservatives doing almost unbelievably poorly. Had the SNP not existed at the time of May’s election that reduced her majority, Labour may well have won.
>>15090473
>That’s just crazy. I’ll take your word for it though. You’re probably from the UK
Boris was a very public figure in the UK for some 20 years before his election (his presence as a journalist and then his tendency to appear on comedy panel shows willing to make a fool out of himself made him very appealing compared to most politically active Brits), consistently very well-liked by much of the country. His long tenure as London mayor cemented him as a crucial figure in British politics (especially his strong association with the 2012 olympics, which were a huge point of pride for the UK due to success of management as well as success in the events themselves, those successes became associated with Boris), he’s so good at charming middle class people that even my very left wing parents who have never voted conservative like Boris. I grew up watching his political career and it’s rare a politician has a presence as strong as him, Theresa May was fairly unknown (by people without much interest in politics) even when she was Home Secretary before she became the PM, everyone knew who Boris was 15 years before he became prime minister. People compare him to Trump but that isnt fair because Boris is an actual politician, Trump was prominent publicly prior to his election but I don’t think anyone expected him to be president until he was almost certainly going to be the republican candidate. seeing Boris as PM feels as though it has been built up to for almost my entire life, how many Americans knew who Obama was before the 2008 election campaigns? I’d think very few. Boris’s victory isn’t a shock because it had been expected to happen eventually ever since he became mayor of London