One thing I think is unhealthy about the Labour party's forever war is that it's baked in that there's always a chunk of the left that's rooting for the leader to fail because it proves them *right*. This feels like it may, on balance, be a bad thing.
But I only started paying proper attention c2014. How much was this true before then?
basically, how much is this Corbyn, how much is this Twitter, and how much has this just been always true only I wasn't looking before?
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Well, the big day is finally here so I thought it might be worth a quick thread, setting out some of the key things to look out for tonight. (1/?)
Around 7 EST - so just after midnight in the UK - we should behold a pale horse whose rider will lay waste one fourth of the Earth. But that's just an average! According to Nate Silver, on a good night for Trump, the horseman could lay waste to as much as half (2/?)
Some time around 3am London time the Seventh Seal will split asunder and the angelic trumpeting will presage the coming of the final battle. That's worth listening out for, especially if we're looking at high turnout in key states like Florida and Pennsylvania. (3/?)
Had a nice outside lunch with a lovely friend today, and was just thinking how maybe things weren't that bad, when I remembered that this is literally the thing we're about to not be able to do for god knows how long and actually things are that bad aren't they, they're awful
I think maybe this winter I'm going to get into going to bed really, really early? maybe that could be my thing
anyway, this is probably the best thing I've written this year*, ad it's about to become painfully relevant again, so:
*apart from the book, out next year from all good yadayadayada