Election Day in Britain

If I can drag myself away from grading for just a while, I'd like to try and pay attention to today's general election in Britain. I've covered this in more depth in the London Calling blog. But I thought I'd just mention here two very different perspectives on the British election - both from Brits living in the U.S. - provided by Simon Schama, writing in The Guardian; and Slate's foreign editor, June Thomas. You can make up your own mind about whether the Brits really do it better than the Yanks. I know whom I line up with.