When the exit poll for 2019 came out I was pretty sure that was a defeat you couldn't recover from in one term. Governments have autonomy! Including autonomy to fuck up
get elected to deliver bc the other lot weren't and you've at least got to show "green shoots"
but equally Tories shouldn't think they'll be the first choice for a protest vote
It used to be a mantra of British politics, taught to politics students that "governments lose elections, opposition parties don't win them" and I think it holds up well as an explanation for thr 21st century
I figured Labour had a chance, as it was unlikely the Conservatives would be able to deliver a fraction of Johnson's promises, but I didn't think they'd keep making more promises they couldn't keep...
