Reporters grapple with the ‘hot mess’ of British politics

Much like the latter seasons of House of Cards, British politics is a melodramatic mess. Yesterday—continuing a tiresome week in which a member of the opposition was expelled from Parliament for picking up a ceremonial mace—Conservative lawmakers voted on whether or not to retain confidence in Prime Minister Theresa May, after she canceled a key vote on her Brexit plan when it became clear it would not pass. May survived the confidence vote and now, under Conservative Party rules, cannot be...