UK Politics / Reply to Ann (was Re: Is Umbridge a commentary on British govt. ed

[Goddlefrood]

> Carol earlier:
> > > <snip> I . . . just want to ask what "first past the post" 
> > > means.

> Carol later:
> I'm imagining a horse race in which the first horse to pass the 
> post that marks the finish line is the winner.

Goddlefrood:

That's exactly what it refers to, the analogy is with horse racing.

The sorry nags that lead us, both sides of the Atlantic, and even 
those in the Pacific, must be due for the glue factory soon enough.