And even in the UK, Prime Minister David Cameron, for all his follies, is a conservative, even if he is more McCain than DeMint, and has pushed for deregulation and welfare reform.
Cameron just may be closer to Obama than to DeMint. I doubt he'd be any closer -- could be any closer -- to a conservative Republican than he is to Obama. Not sure why that is, but Cameron wants to be Obama's best friend for some reason.
In a parliamentary democracy, the 2010 midterm elections wouldn’t have just meant a Republican House of Representatives, but would have booted Obama out of the White House.
In a parliamentary democracy, you would never have elections two years after you'd won a big victory. You'd play out the clock and wait 4 or 5 years. By that time, the cycle would have come back around and you'd stand a better chance of winning.
This should demonstrate how lopsided the political scene has become. A Conservative Cameron today is the equivalent of yesterday's Walter Mondale.