New level of Americanness to British election

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The American invasion of British politics has been a long war of attrition. Each successive campaign since the 1990s has increasingly taken on the flavor of U.S. electioneering: first came war rooms and rebuttal teams, then voter targeting, personal attack ads and, in 2010, the first televised debates.

Now the invasion has become a full-on assault, with former Obama staffers David Axelrod and Jim Messina signing up as political consultants on opposite sides in the coming election that will determine the next prime minister.


Two former White House staffers bring new level of Americanness to British election - The Washington Post