I'm baffled by this strain of thinking (which came up during the Great Slate too) that getting people talking and engaged is some inherent good that should be pursued independent of electoral outcomes. There will never be a more fitting or appropriate time to vilify Momentum.https://twitter.com/sarahljaffe/status/1205776766780006400 …
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The one consolation in being thoroughly trounced in an election is that you learn what doesn't work. A close election doesn't give you that knowledge! So it's dismaying to watch people throw away a valuable and expensive lesson to double down on their pre-existing beliefs.
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In Hong Kong, they learned not to tear gas the entire electorate for six months. In Britain, they learned not to run Jeremy Corbyn promising socialism. There is massive denial on the losing side in both places but useful lessons are there for the taking!
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(Though Britain is weird and the "tear gas everyone" party might be able to replace the LibDems at this point)
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They were facing a once-in-a-lifetime headwind though – their base was irreconcilably split on the biggest issue, Brexit. There was no Brexit policy scenario that would have seen them emerge victorious.
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I think this is special pleading. The same conditions obtained in the 2017 election, where Labour did well.
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Another way of phrasing this is, “don’t pursue any strategy that takes more than one cycle to bear fruit.” That could be right or wrong, but I’ll note that our very successful opponents have not followed the rule.
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Surely the lesson is not that you shouldn't talk to the electorate, but that you need to attend more to what they say, rather than try to convince them of your righteousness?
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