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StevieM

(10,500 posts)
13. You make a very good point. Perhaps this has become the nature of politics in the era of
Sat Jun 17, 2017, 02:01 PM
Jun 2017

the internet and 24 hour news.

I realize that Corbyn made a lot of mistakes over the past 2 years. Obviously, he did much better during the actual election season.

It remains to be seen whether he makes similar mistakes in the aftermath of his election performance. Or if he runs as good a campaign in next general election as he did in this one.

Bernie Sanders also made some serious mistakes in his primary campaign that people tend to forget. We will never know how he would have done in a GE.

Theresa May will likely last for the time being while Bexit negotiations are taking place. After that she will be susceptible to a challenge. But if she calls for new elections before the October 2018 party conference then she can lead the party into that election.

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