My thoughts exactly. A young friend of mine who is (I think) centre-left in her politics posted a link on Facebook to an article in the Independent that said much the same thing. Almost immediately a friend of hers replied saying that she wished those "shy Tory bostards" had been too shy to leave the house on Thursday. I almost posted to say that this rather proved the point, but I didn't, because well, life's too short to get insulted by complete strangers on social media.
And that in itself proves the point.
I might make an LJ post at some point collecting together all of the funniest and most deluded posts I've seen on social media from before and after the election results. Among the choicest was the person who claimed that "of course, London is pretty solidly Labour nowadays" (which must be news to its Conservative mayor) and the seemingly widespread belief among those on the far left that Labour will do badly next time round because they'll now elect a 'Blairite' leader. I mean it's not as if the last time they had a Blairite leader they won three consecutive landslides or anything...
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And that in itself proves the point.
I might make an LJ post at some point collecting together all of the funniest and most deluded posts I've seen on social media from before and after the election results. Among the choicest was the person who claimed that "of course, London is pretty solidly Labour nowadays" (which must be news to its Conservative mayor) and the seemingly widespread belief among those on the far left that Labour will do badly next time round because they'll now elect a 'Blairite' leader. I mean it's not as if the last time they had a Blairite leader they won three consecutive landslides or anything...