i'm almost expecting theresa may to suggest that elections are no time to discuss serious issues.

the united kingdom is going to remove the conservatives from power, eventually. she's kind of making it seem like the time is right. but, that's kind of scary, because there appears to be a lot of cynicism around the labour party. it's scenarios like this that you get weird results in.

corbyn should have attended the debates, as he needs to win an election against these smaller parties - especially ukip - more than he does against the tories. and, it should be a bit of a red flag that they think they're more likely to sway tories than greens or lib dems.

see, this is the scenario where the lib dems should actually be taking advantage of the situation to try and sneak up the middle. the prime minister appears to be hopeless. labour is trying to leap frog them, again. they're the only ones that showed up to the debate. i don't know how seriously they can be taken right now, but they should be a serious wild card.

...because it is inevitable that the country will just tire of the ruling party and seek a replacement, and this looks like as good a time as any.