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As I said earlier I have never nor would I ever give voice to my opions on any other political system anywhere, especially as they approach an election, it is NOT my place, my business and I absolutely do not wish to be seen as attempting to interfere in the sovereign actions of another country, no matter how large or small and i do not appreciate such attempts on the parts of others, whether they be Americans interfering in others or  others attempting to interfere here.

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you are free to criticize our Prime Minister any time you want. We all do.

One difference bewteen the UK and the USA that comes over is with interviews by the press of your President. In the UK, the press pushes and interrogates the prime minister, questioning his policies etc. (AKA giving him a hard time) Wheras in the 'admittedly limited' view we get of interviews of the US president in America it seems that there is far more gentle questioning and it's more of a talk by the President to which the Press are invited to just listen.

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Hey, aren't reporters those that deal with information professionally?

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You have a VERY distorted view of the US press.  A recent poll (last election) showed that 95% of reporters are liberals.  They have a vested interest in liberals winning elections, and they report favorably on liberal candidates by at least a 2 to 1 margin.  They almost never ask a liberal candidate the really tough questions, but almost always ask the conservatives questions that tend to make them look bad by comparison.

As far as criticizing your PM, I don't do that because it isn't my place unless he is doing something that directly effects the US (as in interferes with), and because I don't follow your politics enough to ask intelligent questions or make cogent comments.

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I frankly don't understand those people on either side who break the world into "Democrats vs. Repulicans" or "Right vs. Left" or "Liberals vs. Conservative". 

It's particularly depressing when someone feels the need to diminish, demean or vilify someone whose philosophy is different than their own.  There are good people in both camps.  And a great deal of folks who don't identify with either side. 

And sadly, anyone who buys into this US vs THEM philosophy is robbing themselves of the ability to look at the situation objectively IMO.  Neither side has a lock on truth and right.  People owe it to themselves to actually research and make up their own minds about issues.

Unfortunately in the internet age a lot of people seem to seek out a source that echos their beliefs and them simply repeat the talking points without bothering to dig any deeper. 

This isn't aimed at anyone in particular, it's just a general observation on how polerized and shallow the national debate has become in recent years IMO.

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Then, history also tells us about how governments that were socialist/communist/left-wing have fared over time.  Without exception, those examples have resulted in the suffering and/or deaths of millions of people, either because of unworkable economics, tyranny, military juntas, social instability, etc.  Even the few that somehow managed to avoid most of the really bad stuff, still do not have the same level of individual rights that we enjoy.  The bottom line is that collectivist regimes simply don't work -- they are not self-sustaining either politically or economically.