The last election was utterly hilarious, but the aspect of the result that feels under-analysed on both sides is: why, despite an unprecedentedly terrible Tory campaign and a pretty good Labour campaign, did the Tories do so well?
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Theresa May is far, far less effective than David Cameron, and her campaign was inept, and she lost Cameron’s majority, but she got a hell of a lot more votes than him.
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It doesn’t suit anyone - not Labour, not the Tories, not the media - to focus on this. It’s the least interesting bit of the narrative. May tried to do it a bit in the aftermath but obviously sounded self-serving and silly. But how does a party that useless get itself to 42%?
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Replying to @stephenkb
No, it was 42% (unless that’s a brutal diss of Labour and I missed your point).pic.twitter.com/s3uqb79qrT
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Replying to @stephenkb
Argh. Sorry, it was very off-brand so I missed it.
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Replying to @thhamilton
I can never resist a dangling modifier joke even if I don't agree with the thinking. Though I do think Labour are part of the answer to the 42 per cent question...
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this has been a delightfully benign interaction to witness
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