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Britain’s Silent Election

The longest election campaign in UK history has been strikingly short of focus. Nonetheless, it contains three important pointers for other Western democracies.

LONDON – Other people’s elections are usually baffling and boring, which is certainly true of the United Kingdom’s coming vote on May 7; indeed, many Britons share the sentiment. The longest election campaign in UK history has been strikingly short of focus. Nonetheless, the campaign contains three important pointers for other Western democracies.

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