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 idea that you should do *more* of the thing you did while getting absolutely smushed at the polls should not be your go-to hypothesis. Sometimes you go backwards because you were facing once-in-a-lifetime headwinds, but more likely it's because you ran in the wrong direction.
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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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Once is chance, twice is coincidence, three times is enemy action?
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Four times is Labour, five times is the Democratic Party
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