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The theory that "Labour plotting" was the cause of Corbyn losing the 2017 election by 2700 votes is based on five assumptions
I'll let you decide if these assumptions stand up to much scrutiny
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I'll let you decide if these assumptions stand up to much scrutiny
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That a series of secret internal memos and a closed WhatsApp group somehow managed to influence voters in Barnsley, when the "plotting" wasn't even known about by people in the same room.
That a series of secret internal memos and a closed WhatsApp group somehow managed to influence voters in Barnsley, when the "plotting" wasn't even known about by people in the same room.
2
That the "plotting" shrunk Labour's voter base; but telling anybody who voted for Blair that they were Tories who caused genocide in Iraq didn't. And then spending months and years deliberately trashing Labour's record in office didn't hurt us far more
That the "plotting" shrunk Labour's voter base; but telling anybody who voted for Blair that they were Tories who caused genocide in Iraq didn't. And then spending months and years deliberately trashing Labour's record in office didn't hurt us far more
3
That Corbyn was running a great campaign that would have won; but also that the campaign could be defeated by a dozen "plotters" privately sharing bad opinions of him around a single office in Southwest London
That Corbyn was running a great campaign that would have won; but also that the campaign could be defeated by a dozen "plotters" privately sharing bad opinions of him around a single office in Southwest London
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That if we had got those 2700 votes, Corbyn, having spent a lifetime sticking to his principles, would have abandoned them to form a coalition with parties who's policies he opposed, but would now have to absorb
That if we had got those 2700 votes, Corbyn, having spent a lifetime sticking to his principles, would have abandoned them to form a coalition with parties who's policies he opposed, but would now have to absorb
5
That the "plotters" bear responsibility for Labour losing, because they robbed us of 2700 votes; but Jeremy Corbyn doesn't bear any responsibility for the 17 million other voters who didn't choose to vote Labour
That the "plotters" bear responsibility for Labour losing, because they robbed us of 2700 votes; but Jeremy Corbyn doesn't bear any responsibility for the 17 million other voters who didn't choose to vote Labour
