The best part about UK elections we can learn from? Their campaigns only last a few months, maybe less.

Election campaigns in the UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand are very short. They last at most 2 months. That's a lesson the US could learn.

Agreed. It s weird Trump calling Democrats ‘radical left communists’. There are some UK Conservative MPs to the left of US Democrats.

The polls in the UK close at 10pm on the 4th July, all postal votes are already in by that date (no fuss about postal votes in the UK, as there is in America). Results should be known in the early hours of the 5th. July. The six week electioneering, as mentioned previously, has been one of the longest periods, and is considered by the British to be too long it's normally around 4 weeks. But it's worth mentioning as well that the period is considerably less than in America, it is also a lot less intense. Despite this, the British are fed up with the electioneering after about two week, so it must be agony in America to have, what appears to be non stop electioneering. And, when the votes are in, there are no primadonna politicians screaming that they should have won, or the vote was stolen, and no ridiculous court cases about the results. They are voted out on the 4th, and by the 5th they are out, and if the current party loses, the Prime Minister will be out of Downing street on the 5th. It's all nice and quick. There is no discontinuity of government when power goes to a different party. In the UK, there can be, and often is, a seismic change of the ruling party, does this happen in America, or is it just a few seats that change hands at the end of every election? Also, in the UK and Europe, the leader of the ruling party can call an election at any time within the statutory period, (or indeed be ousted by a vote of no confidence) this doesn't seem to be the case in America, where parties always seem to go the whole term. Is that correct?

There are many systems in America that a European like myself would consider to be corrupt. Such as, the electoral college, the lobbying system (and by extension, huge political contributions), gerrymandering, and the fact that politicians nominate the judiciary, and they are then there for life. Also, a big no, no, over here, is religion in politics.

"How dismal it is to see present day Americans yearning for the very orthodoxy that their country was founded to escape."~Christopher Hitchens~

Center in the UK is far left in America. That’s a very important distinction.

That's a very important distinction. The UK is Far from America.

So true. Respect from Manchester (UK) :)

Starmer did not advocate for a tough immigration policy. He merely criticized Sunak for saying one thing and doing the opposite.

Competing for the center is textbook politicking in a parliamentary democracy, not "strategic genius". Labour is winning because repeated humiliating collapses have lost the Tories the confidence of the public. That's it. The lessons to be taken from this are cautionary tales from those failures, not that anodyne centrism is a winning platform.

The fact that trump said he thought Farage would make a great British ambassador to the US, tells you all you need to know about Farage.

The ruling party was rejected in the UK out of disappointment, as so often happens. However, the Brits are bucking the tide, as the main story coming out of recent elections throughout Europe is the rise of conservatism.

agreed. moving away from conservative in UK is extremely positive and exciting

This is just perfect.

1:45 Misleading as 2019 was only the biggest Conservative lead since Thatcher: Tony Blair’s Labour leads in both 1997 & 2001 were considerably larger.

Inflation always takes out the ruling party. Someone is blamed.

Very well said.

Couldn't agree more!

Once again, Fareed throws down with some wisdom. Thank you for all your insights, sir!

The problem with "right" for a very long time is it hasn't really any policy. The need "charismatic" leaders, not leaders with ideas and policies. Their fight is against other people / characters, not ideas or policies. For many years, in UK, US, France etc, they don't have any policy argument or proposal. And media has played an important role in it. It's the party / politics football show. A against B. There is no policies' discution. That is boring, takes a lot of space and it doesn't get you money.... so here we are😢

You right politics is changing. It's dangerous to keep going they way they are.

As a Uk voter I really appreciated this analysis. Seems spot on. Anyway roll on 4th of July when I get to cast my vote. (PS Happy 4th July to US viewers for a different reason).

Great summary & Good advice!

Interesting but the argument does completely ignore the influence of Cambridge Analytica, stirring up those fears and using Brexit as a dress rehearsal for Trump.

1:30 No, in the last election the Tories gained a majority of 80 seats with 365 seats in total.

Very nice analysis Fareed. Thank you

Good essay .

To me, this should be a sign to all Americans that every time a country tries a right wing government, it FAILS. There's a reason why the UK went through several Tory Prime Ministers. It's because their policies all failed. The UK is now tired of it and is going to move back toward centrism.

Thank you Fareed!!

Excellent analysis, and no better source than Rory.

Excellent review Fareed

Did I hear "ideological woke politics"? Well, that's an allegation typically made by those who have no valid argument to counter. Which makes it so hard to avoid such politics. Conservatives can declare anything they don't like as "woke" or "ideological".

NIXON LEARNED -so did all of the subsequent Red candidates- Southern litmus Test-go as far right as u can- Reagan even began his campaign in Philidelphia- Mississippi's racist town Meet Y the NEW SOUTH - SAME AS THE OLD SOUTH- Klanuary 6- same as- FORT SUMTNER- STATES RIGHTS- SAME AS JIM CROW- VOTE BLUE.

4:13 it's *Fraser* Nelson, not 'Frasier' Nelson. Fareed obviously watching too many sitcoms!

How simple, yet profound!

Yo CNN, that image of Trump giving a thumbs up at 00:09 seconds you guys sourced from Getty is like really bad AI. Trump has seven fingers on his left hand and like a weird tiny baby arm attached to his shoulder, because the proportions don't match up. Should smack Getty for that one, unless you guys are fine with using AI images for your broadcasts... I don't think you guys should personally, especially of politicians, unless they're clearly labeled as such.

Although there are some odd politicians in the UK, they are nowhere near as insane as so many of the politicians in the US. Of course, there are arguments between politicians, but by and large, elections in the UK are a lot more civilized than in America. Also the system is a lot more straightforward in the UK, and in many respects, far less corrupt, and less prone to interference. Politicians in the UK that lose don't spend years complaining how they actually won, and do not drag results through the courts. Worth mentioning as well, that in the UK, the judiciary are not appointed by politicians, they are completely separate. And, politicians 'don't do God', and don't do religion'. In fact, ant politician that mentions God or religion is considered a nut job, and does not get elected. Unlike in America, where this superstitious religious nonsense seem to be a obsession. Church and state, like the judiciary and the executive in the UK is separate. Elections in the UK, in general, are over and done with in 24 hours.

The best part isnt really the campaign time its the strict cap on money thats allowed to be spent on a Campaign by a party.

fantastic analysis and monologue!

Thank you to Fareed!!!! for delivering information without CNN's regular bias of the owner of CNN. We want award winning information not the regular bs we see everyday.

instead of giving the standard corporatist line of "we must move to the centre", why not actually look at what the public want, rather than banding around avoid the left and move to the centre, which makes you sound like a mindless bot? some leftish policies have very good standing in the polls of what the people want...some less so? but hey , lets keep with the cliches...and when they dont work, you can always blame the black voters and the left....that again, is very cliche standard corporatist policies :( {sighs} addtionally the labour/conservative election is nothing like the american election, we have had brexit hoving over us, and most of the policies are very close to each other from both left and right...its nothing like the extremist policies presented by the republicans :(

Perfect, Fareed!

Forgot the truss lettuce 😂

What to learn? "Do NOT underestimate Russian interference".

Fareed is absolutely right. Winning elections is more important.

Excellent show

@tonupharry Absolutely, a transfer of power in around 12 hours, with graciousness and no fuss by the losing or winning politicians. A lot more civilised than the unsavoury spectacle of American politicians whining and threatening after they lose.

Any time you want to focus on Biden' international accomplishments, and reiterate long lost info about traitor trump being a Russian asset..and what he did,and will do, to our alliances..we'd greatly appreciate it.

The economic centre ground that Labour is advocating is decidedly not "economic growth and better government services". It is continuing flat productivity growth, financialization and disindustrialization - not to mention the hollowing out and creeping privatization of public services. So many centrists, like Fareed, seem to live under the delusion that everything was/is going well with "sensible" middle of the road policies, when in reality those very policies are far far more destructive than they will ever realize.

He's now the only guy on CNN i legitimately respect

Disappointed in myself for sitting through that.

The majority are in the middle! What a concept, to try to balance policy and compromise in it's implementation. Now if only there were more than 2 choices - kinda makes you reflect on the word democracy - 2 choices???

A quite brilliant summation of our the current political climate here.

I'm not from the UK, but I don't feel like the ruling party in Britain has been right wing AT ALL

I sense the progressives in the US will go after fareed for this take. It’s times like this that make Biden seem the only sensible centrist leader out there

Very good analysis, Fareed. From a UK voter who will vote Labour this time for the 1st time in my life.

Can we expect the Labor Party to undo the Brexit mess?

UK and US politics are fundamentally difference. Morality and honesty are still core values in UK politics. However, US politics is no longer based on morality and honesty, but on hatred, deceit and immorality.

We don’t have anything in common any longer it’s simple they need to go. Would you hire someone who can’t do the job? They failed on all issues there’s no turning back.

And to think vonshitzenpants wants to put a 100% tariff on every body his version of brexit, that's insane, vote Democrat

How any anyone take this guy and CNN seriously when he uses the term “Woke Politics?” As a journalist you should know to real meaning of the word “Woke” which has nothing to do with politics.

The polls predict Sunak will barely hold onto his own seat, but it's well within the margin of error. If he loses it, it would be the most shocking loss in electoral history.

Stop bashing the woke point of view! It is nothing else than awareness, which is a very good thing!

As a black man who identifies as a white man will be voting for Trump 2024 🇺🇸✊🏾✊🏻

Small correction, Rory Stewart is not a Tory, he left the party 8 years ago and has been an independent ever since.

You know living in Canada it sounds familiar to what happen to our conservative party after Brian Mulroney in the 1990's when he left and they then got trounced by Jean Chretian and the liberals. The Reform Party with their origins in Alberta eventually took over and Stephen Harper got elected in 2006..

'It is immigration stupid'. Rightly or wrongly, uncontrolled immigration will destroy any party that is seen to ignore it.

Romantic Nationalism is rising (1924-1945 🥶)

History has shown us that they dont learn

Now do Europe! 😂

Difficult to believe CNN was once gold standard of cable news. CNN has lost its way.

Trump is definitely coming for our Constitution. Protect the Constitution at all costs. 🇺🇸

It's not the party I voted for, nor do I believe at this time that the Labour manifesto on offer will do any real change except keep the lights on in this dim country. But PM Starmer has got 5 years to change my mind.

Immigration is not a cultural issue. It is an economic issue.

Starmer is a new Macron, see where France is...

Fareed Zakaria: “Be more neoliberal” Me: gtfo

What exactly is woke politics ?

By UK standards, six weeks is a long campaign. It considered as way too long, unlike in America, campaigning appears to be non stop, often getting in the way of actually governing the country.

Labor is the new tories.

Fareed, you don't get enough coverage. You insights are off the chart!

Your entire commentary is based on polls. Polls are not worth the effort of forming the word with my lips! Nor is this commentary 🤔 besides its overwhelming negative energy...you can keep it.

The Overton window strikes back.

IF THE CONSERVATIVES ARE THE EQUIVALENT OF TRUMPERS THEN THIS IS GOOD NEWS.

Be careful . Poverty is just as bad in Britain. The labour under stammer will be the same as tories. The 2 party system is a massive handicap which strangles choice. British foreign policy is shaped hanging off thr apron strings of the us. The martin ford report meant to investigate black and brown racism has not been acted upon. Thr only engagement martin ford a black queen council's barrier has had is a polite cease and desist letter telling him to stay quiet about hus work. Keir stammer human rights said at the start he supports collective punishment of palestine see lbc interview with nick Ferrari. He stopped the snp having their tome to put forward a ceasefire motion because it would upset the usa. Britain like the usa had a first past the post system and like usa 2 parties are dominating the scene. And keir stammet leader of the labour party seems to to the right of the labour centre. Concerns are that this new centrist labour is worried about massive business owners donors not the ordinary British worker. So it could be tory party 2b. Footnote snp stands for Scottish national party. And the mainstream British media even the co called liberal or left media except for the english times even bothered to interview martin ford Queens council about his work which he had worked on and bern involved in chairing the investigation panel.

After reading the comments section, I feel like most viewers completely missed the message. Oh well

Mr. Zakaria, respectfully, your view about GOP intentions once they are White House is naiev .

Biden is absolute perfection as a human. He is my idle and I love him

The origins of the term Liberal traces back to the Latin word liber (meaning “free”), which is also the root of the word "liberty "("the quality or state of being free"). Conservative: tending to preserve or protect, preservative, having the power to keep whole or safe," from Old French conservatif, from Medieval Latin conservativus, from Latin conservatus, past participle of conservare "to keep, preserve, keep intact, guard.. In other words, to maintain and protect the status quo, and the establishment. Free speech rights, civil rights, and other protections are essential to a flourishing democracy. But conservatives’ contempt for majority rule does not spring from a concern for a beleaguered minority (unless you think big business qualifies as an oppressed group). The truth is, the Right doesn’t expect a majority of Americans to support their policies, nor do they particularly care.. To defeat conservatism today, the main thing we have to do is to explain what it is, and what is wrong with it. Q: What is conservatism? A: Conservatism is the domination of society by an aristocracy. Q: What is wrong with conservatism? A: Conservatism is incompatible with democracy, liberty, prosperity, and civilization in general. It is a destructive system of inequality and prejudice that is founded on deception, and has no place in the modern world.

Good analysis. The voting public is bell shaped , tapering down to the two extremes of left and right. The party or candidate that controls the middle ground , thus isolating the two extremes, wins elections. Further what the bulk of the populations wants is pragmatic policies that work and benefit the mass of the population, improving its standard of living and services.

The Lesson to learn from is LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE and ADDRESS THIER PROBLEMS AND CONCERNS ! Spin and verbal Gibberish can only fool some of the peoples some of the time. Not all the time … !! Eventually the party in power Has to govern for all the peoples So Listen to the voters and people and do as they ask …!!

Brixit seriously harmed the UK.

This is the same UK that voted for Brexit, and they’re still paying the price for it LOL 😂

They racist as well, own Black folks reparations as well and politics is embarrassing and a bad joke

If only the US model allowed for such a massive change in legislature. With a 96%+ reelection stat we'll never see it.

Trump has admitted he lost the 2020 election multiple times, most recently to the author of Apprentice in wonderland, Ramin Setoodeh.

The democrats fail to realize that Americans are fed up with their progressive policies. Let them learn the hard way.

they tired of those ongoing wars

Moderation is a luxury of the.majority.

What's more important to understand is how under most competent liberal first African American President Obama's second term United States managed to plunge straight into dictatorship and fascism so rapidly.