MY SAY: ELECTIONS HERE AND THERE
First, on the 2020 Presidential elections: Something happened and continuing election ballot audits and investigations prove that the Democrats and assorted Trump antagonists put out the smoke but not the fire. Stay tuned.
Second: Israel’s fractious parliamentary politics have probably ended the tenure of Benjamin Netanyahu whose accomplishments far outweigh his mistakes. Under his leadership Israel cemented relations with formerly hostile nations through combined projects in medicine, science and technology. Furthermore, Israel became a powerhouse in its “Silicon Valley” with its dazzling contributions to every aspect of the digital communications era. When his party allies turned against him, he was ousted.
That’s what happens in nations with parliaments.
Margaret Thatcher served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990. She was the longest-serving British prime minister of the 20th century and the first woman to hold that office. In 1987, an upswing in the economy led to her re-election but her opposition to England joining the European push for continental unity alienated members of her own party. In November 1990, she failed to receive a majority in the Conservative Party’s annual vote for selection of a leader. She withdrew her nomination, and John Major, the chancellor of the Exchequer since 1989, was chosen as Conservative leader.
More reason to keep our fractured but still viable two party system….rsk
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