He was former British Prime Minister Tony Blair's director of communications. Indeed, the seeming lack of international interest in the election is one of the many factors making it so strange. Conservative Prime Minister Theresa May v. Labour's Jeremy Corbyn seems to be arousing widespread indifference by comparison . A Kremlin spokesman was possibly for once telling the truth when he said "we have no interest in the British election." It is an indication of what the world thinks is going to happen to the British economy -- it is going to shrink.

Source: CNN June 01, 2017 10:02 UTC