Britain’s Bad Example for American Conservatives
12th July 2023
Republicans can only imagine what it would feel like to win four national elections in a row—wielding executive and legislative power for more than a dozen years.
Franklin Roosevelt, who died early in his fourth presidential term, had that kind of tenure. He used it to build the modern welfare state.
What could conservatives accomplish with an opportunity like that?
The answer from across the Atlantic is: not much, if Republicans make the mistakes Britain’s Conservative Party has made since 2010.
Britain’s ‘Conservative’ party isn’t, really, any more.