Britain's Strange Election About Nothing

Britain's vote on Thursday is set to be a textbook example of the limits of elections. When choices are clear, and articulated by strong leaders, elections can move politics forward. When choices aren't clear, and parties don't know what they stand for, votes resolve nothing.

Six weeks ago, U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May's call for a snap election made sense. With her popularity high and her Labour Party opponents in disarray, she hoped to strengthen her position in Parliament, undercutting her party's euroskeptic hard-liners and making it easier for her to negotiate the terms of Britain's divorce from the European Union.