The Michelle Obama-ification of the British election

The upcoming British election might resemble an American one, analysts say.

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last updated 8 January 2015

The British electorate is preparing to go to the polls on May 6 for a general election, with polls predicting a tight race between incumbent Labour Prime Minister Gordon Brown and his Conservative Party rival David Cameron. But American observers will find more parallels with the US Presidential race than ever before, writes Ben Quinn in the Christian Science Monitor. Both leaders' wives have joined the campaign, just as Michelle Obama and Cindy McCain did in 2008; and both sides have hired American political consultants who worked on the successful Obama campaign. But the similarities don't end there:

"Michelle Obama’s popularity hasn’t gone unnoticed by British political spin-doctors.