Thursday, December 12, 2019

"In Trying to Keep Both Its Remain and Leave Voters Happy, It Has Pleased Almost No One"

"This had been less of an election and more of an unpopularity contest. Boris and Corbyn were widely disliked and mistrusted throughout the country. All that had been at stake was which leader was hated the least. And the exit polls had indicated that Boris had won. No one expected him to deliver on the promises he had made but they were less worried about that than the promises on which Labour might deliver. So we were heading for a Tory government and a Brexit that would continue to divide the country. Hell, it was odds-on that not even a majority of leavers would like the Brexit deal Boris ended up with. And in the meantime, Corbyn would soon be eased out. Written out of Labour's history. A bad dream that had cost the country dear."

John Crace at The Guardian discusses the worst election loss for the Labour Party since, perhaps, 1935

Phillip Blond at First Things adds an analysis.

As does Owen Jones, also at The Guardian, along with Alex Niven.

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