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Speaking of delusional in the Washington Post Anne Applebaum writes about British Labour’s new leader:

Corbyn and his allies say they don’t like “politics as usual”; but in fact, what they really don’t like is democratic politics, with its compromises and its negotiations, its tedious decision-making process, its inevitable drift toward centrism and, of course, the annoying voters, journalists, opposition politicians and others who ask difficult questions. Nor do they like democratic politicians, in Britain, the United States or anywhere else, preferring the company of Venezuelan populists or radicals funded by Iran. In parliament for more than 30 years, Corbyn has voted against his own party hundreds of times. While colleagues were grappling with real decisions and hard questions, coping with bureaucracy and negotiating with allies, he stayed on the sidelines, preferring to remain ideologically pure. This week, he refused to sing the national anthem.

I don’t know whether Mr. Corbyn’s election portends a shift of the British electorade crazywards culminating with his becoming Prime Minister, frustration with elites (it’s going around these days), the continuing decline of British Labour, or something else. Maybe someone more knowledgeable than I can tell me.

I do know this. Listen to their records. Watch their TV programs and movies. Enjoy the reports of their antics in the tabloids. Don’t elect them to higher office.