Britain's Conservative Will Lose Because They Betrayed Brexit

Calmer heads and strategic voting would suggest that electors cast ballots to keep Labour out of office, rather than to keep the Tories in. “When sorrows come, they come not single spies but in battalions.” Shakespeare’s sentiments may ring true for British Conservatives as they contemplate their fate following Thursday’s general election. Brexiteers, too, will think about what the future holds for their philosophy of “maximal liberty and minimal government,” under a Labour regime. A Conservative government under three prime ministers, having delivered Brexit, proceeded to betray the promises of...