It may seem that what we just witnessed across the Atlantic was the “Brexit election.” It is certainly true that Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s thumping victory, securing an overall majority of close to 80 seats in Parliament, had much to do with his promise, endlessly repeated, to “get Brexit done.”

But Brexit has become, and perhaps always was, about a lot more than Britain securing a divorce from the European Union and restoring itself as a self-governing sovereign state, massively important though those blessings are. Brexit represents many other connected matters relevant beyond British shores, which contain important lessons for Democrats hoping to displace President Trump in the White House.