@KathyLK I'm among those who think we do have to find strands of hope anywhere we can find them — and the victory against the hard right in both the UK and France offers that hope, just as you say, to American voters, too. Which makes it all the more interesting that in threads like this, people purporting to represent progressive viewpoints log in to ridicule those celebrating the results of the UK and French elections. It's almost as if, wearing "progressive" clothes, they're promoting fascism