The British Election Debates, the Lib Dem Surge and the Americanisation of Our Politics | openDemocracy 
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The British Election Debates, the Lib Dem Surge and the Americanisation of Our Politics	#
roup reveal that they are a snapshot of a more marginal, disconnected Britain: more poor, young and black, less educated and politically engaged. The Americanisation of British Politics: Living in a Fantasy, Liberal World The kind of country the UK is geo-politically; whether it is a ‘normal’ European country or an #
arties don’t want to go near. Labour and the Tories both clearly want us to be the latter, and prevent us discussing the potential of the former. The Americanisation of British politics can be illustrated in how our political and media elites see much of the public life of our nation, a good example of which is the #