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29 Jul, 4 tweets, 3 min read
The fascination of ‘what ifs’: Could the last election have turned out differently? @indypremium independent.co.uk/independentpre…
@indypremium Based on brilliant chapter by @philipjcowley in book of historical counterfactuals ed @DuncanBrack & @IainDale, which includes this nugget
And this debunking of a favourite Corbynite counterfactual independent.co.uk/independentpre…
Finally, @philipjcowley offers this assessment of Labour’s zugzwang

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