The British Elections

This piece, from Iain Murray at National Review Online, is a fantastic (though a little long) explanation of the British elections coming up next month, May 7. Murray is, of course, a conservative (this is NRO) cheerleader in most of his columns, but here he manages to walk readers through the ins and outs of British politics adeptly and with very little bias. It manages to explain the British system without being condescending, and avoids boring the reader with the minutiae endemic to any detailed analysis of any political system. In other words, Murray explains this clearly, but avoids oversimplification. His extremely qualified prediction of a squeaker win by the Tories is, as he himself points out, where the "smart money" is, but it is also clear that other, less palatable, options are definitely in the realm of possibility.

Enjoy reading it with a pint of foamless warm beer.