Len McCluskey on the election: "The whingers and whiners say we didn't win. I say we

[Burney]

There is a broader question here though. Over three elections, in 2010, 2015 and 2017, the Conservatives have twice failed to gain a majority and only once managed to squeeze very narrowly over the line. This is against a Labour Party held responsible for war and economic collapse, and then a Labour Party led by a leftie and which has been a laughing stock on here for the last few years.

Those three results over seven years suggest a distinct lack of appetite for the Conservatives and for austerity.

I think that underestimates quite how much the electoral boundaries in this country are weighted against the Tories, to be fair.