Oh, we had plenty of Torys that publically backed Boris to the end. Yes, a parliamentary system allows for more decent but sorry tbh the US system is awful. It has been a disaster nearly everywhere it's been exported to. Add to that, the big money donors (which the system via SOCUS allowed) and about 20 people pick who you get to vote for on either side.

@273kelvin You've got it. For every federal office, the candidates are already pre-vetted by the donors, except for the rare cases like Bernie Sanders, in which case the major parties make sure those candidates never get their nomination. Even before the Citizens United ruling by the SC, this was the case with legalized bribery being openly allowed in our politics.