Quote Originally Posted by jon1959 View Post
It wasn't a victory in 2017, but it was major progress against pundit expectations, and it was a bad defeat in 2019.

Corbyn was the Labour leader for both, but the difference in 2019 was a stupid and incoherent Brexit policy.

And yes the 2019 election was the worst for Labour in terms of seats since 1935. That is an important measure, but not the only one. Even with the disastrous 2019 campaign (Labour civil war, Brexit, etc) Labour got a higher % of the popular vote than Miliband in 2015 and Brown in 2010, or Kinnock in 1987 or Foot in 1983.... But 'worst since 1935' makes a great headline.
But it is the only metric that counts - you win the seat or you dont.
We had a PR referendum - and that was lost as well.

Maybe if David and Ed's older brother was leader there may have been a different outcome.