Some of the worst ideas concocted by the American right are landing here, including voter ID. Voting in the U.K. has always been so clean, so easy, it would make your average Florida elections supervisor weep with joy. But there has long been a nasty, if relatively small, strain of xenophobia and racism in this country. Suella Braverman (believe it or not, she was named after Sue Ellen Ewing on Dallas) exhibits all the rage and cruelty of our own Ron DeSantis. She is, of course, a member of the NatCons — and many of them think Ron DeSantis is a great U.S. presidential candidate.

Source: The Guardian May 30, 2023 11:06 UTC