A return to two-party politics? Dont believe it

[Ken Burch]

11. Thanks for the observations.

May's manifesto did her no favors, true.

But the announcement of that manifesto wouldn't have made too much difference, I think, if the PLP had had the kind of manifesto many of its members indicated they wanted...a manifesto that pledged to cut almost as much as the Tories and reduced the difference to "it's enough that it's US doing it".

Voters were only going to change their minds if they had something clearly different to vote FOR.

Clearly, the result was a rejection of the austerity consensus.