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Ken Burch

(50,254 posts) Fri May 8, 2015, 12:54 AM May 2015

My condolences to any Labour supporters posting here tonight. [View all]

You deserved a better campaign from your party, and a better program to fight it on. I know you must all be massively depressed at this hour.

It wasn't your fault...it was all in the failings of your leaders, as it always is in any lost election.

Tomorrow, the struggle goes on. Don't give up.

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My condolences to any Labour supporters posting here tonight. [View all] Ken Burch May 2015 OP

This message was self-deleted by its author marym625 May 2015 #1

Just realized what group this is marym625 May 2015 #2

exit polls dead on again MattP May 2015 #3

1992 2.0 Dawson Leery May 2015 #4

Trouble is.... T_i_B May 2015 #5

Watching the returns today I remembered this short video of Ed campaigning. pa28 May 2015 #6

What a hopeless, horrible mess LeftishBrit May 2015 #7

What struck me was that Labour slightly *increased* its share of the popular vote. Jim Lane May 2015 #8

The Conservative popular vote is the same as in 2010 and the same as in.... LeftishBrit May 2015 #9

Thanks, I meant to mention that. Jim Lane May 2015 #11

because they lost their dominant position in Scotland muriel_volestrangler May 2015 #10