So now we know. Now we know what happens when you declare war on democracy. Now we know the consequences of demeaning the largest democratic vote in a nation’s history. Now we know what becomes of a political class that sneers at voters, silences their democratic voice, and libels them as racist, xenophobic know-nothings who cannot be trusted with stewardship of the nation. You get punished. You get rebelled against. You get replaced. Last night, in those extraordinary election results, we witnessed the revenge of democracy.

This from a superb post-election editorial by Spiked’s Brendan O’Neill. Podcast here.

American elites, on the Left and the Right, should recognize this as a warning about their own arrogance. But they won’t.