A Las Vegas man said if only an American stood as an MP they’d be prime minister within five years – 13 homegrown smackdowns that make you proud to be British
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American politics welcomes good looking people. British people actively shun attractive politicians. Boris Johnson could not even become a state representative unless he started combing his hair
— Rory Stewart Goyper (@fartonhead) January 30, 2026
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You have no idea how the UK election process works.
Your candidate would find themselves on a stage in a civic centre at 2am next to a bloke dressed as a sausage and would get less votes than him.— Renfield’s Afoot🦖 Support the NHS. (@ThisLeadenPall) February 1, 2026
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Top US politicos (David Axelrod is the most famous example) have tried dipping their toe into British politics and quickly discovered that the water is a lot colder when you don’t have tens of millions of dollars to make problems go away.
— SeekTruthFromFacts (@seektruthfromfx) February 1, 2026
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The Prime Minister isn’t an elected office, nor are they the head of state. An American would find it extremely difficult to get elected as an MP in the UK, even before the diplomatic relationship got so tense over the last 10 years.
— Michelle Antoinette Ní Shíocháin (@m_ni_shiochain) February 1, 2026
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— RB (@United1908) February 1, 2026
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Very much so.
Early in 2024 I was at a campaigning strategy training course. Two of the keynote speakers were Republican organisers who’d been very successful over years in different, strongly Democrat leaning areas.
Unfortunately much of their experience and advice was of…
— AB (@botzarelli) February 1, 2026
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That, and them realising that shouting about God all the time actually loses them support instead of gaining it.
— Dylan Sargesson (@sargo_dy) February 1, 2026
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