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    1. Dana Houle‏ @DanaHoule 14 Dec 2019

      Seeing people defend Corbyn by saying Labour did OK in 2017. Boris Johnson is a sinister clown, but he’s effective in a way w media. 2017 Labour didn’t run against, say, John Major or David Cameron. They ran against the inept, hapless Theresa May

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    2. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 14 Dec 2019
      Replying to @DanaHoule

      Percentage of votes Tories got under Cameron, 2015: 36.9%. Percentage of vote Tories got in 2017 with May: 42.4%.

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    3. John‏ @johnlk_80 14 Dec 2019
      Replying to @HeerJeet @DanaHoule

      Any analysis of voting patterns that just looks at the two party vote is going to badly misunderstand what is going on, I think. Tory+Labour 2005: 67.6% Tory+Labour 2010: 65.1% Tory+Labour 2015: 67.3% Tory+Labour 2017: 82.4% Tory+Labour 2019: 75.7%

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    4. Dana Houle‏ @DanaHoule 14 Dec 2019
      Replying to @johnlk_80 @HeerJeet

      And if you give Labour all the seats won by the Lib Dems & SNP, they’re still below their 2017 total, & over 100 fewer seats than the Tories

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      Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 14 Dec 2019
      Replying to @DanaHoule @johnlk_80

      Yes: the fact that a 1.2% increase of Tory vote share turned a minority government into a landslide suggests that the underlying issue is the FPTP system. Corbyn is, I think, rightly to be condemned for following a bad strategy in that system in 2019.

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        2. John‏ @johnlk_80 14 Dec 2019
          Replying to @HeerJeet @DanaHoule

          A 1.2% increase in the Tory vote combined with a 7.9% decrease in the Labour vote!

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        3. John‏ @johnlk_80 14 Dec 2019
          Replying to @johnlk_80 @HeerJeet @DanaHoule

          If Labour had gotten 38.8% it wouldn't have been a Tory landslide!

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        2. Dana Houle‏ @DanaHoule 14 Dec 2019
          Replying to @HeerJeet @johnlk_80

          This reminds me of the scene in Repo Man where Otto, dying on the floor of the convenience store, & w an opportunity to reflect honestly on what he has done, blames society for his life of crime.

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        3. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 14 Dec 2019
          Replying to @DanaHoule @johnlk_80

          How is "Corbyn followed a bad strategy under the system he had" blaming society? Is saying "Clinton followed a bad strategy under the system she had" also blaming society?

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        1. Mario‏ @ForkyMcSpoon 14 Dec 2019
          Replying to @HeerJeet @DanaHoule @johnlk_80

          Most variations on a proportional representation system would likely have resulted in a hung parliament. Corbyn would have trouble assembling a coalition because he's not even liked by his own MPs! Better elections don't make a -40 approval leader into a winner.

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