For America, Britain’s election will be most important in 100 years

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As a result of votes in the House of Commons on Tuesday, Britons will go to the polls to elect a new Parliament on Dec. 12. Americans should pay heed, because in terms of our national interests, this will be the most important British election in at least 100 years.

Either a pro-American government will return to power with a mandate to implement Brexit or Britain will be led by the most anti-American prime minister in memory — perhaps the most anti-American prime minister since Lord North, who led the British government during the Revolutionary War.

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