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Originally Posted by Damien
Could be expectations management but let's hope for a bloodbath. The only way things will improve is a massive jolt to the system. I think it's in everyone's interest to have a decent opposition.
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The problem is, Labour have not been an effective opposition for years, possibly decades. You can argue that Tony Blair was quite sucessfull, and he was. He won two terms with no need for a coalition. (something which no prime minister has done since), but when he was leader, Labour were saying largely the same things the tories did. David Cameron only won his first term because he joined a coalition, and I personally believe he only won his second because he was able to ensure the Liberals were blamed for the bad stuff his government did, and Labour were not an effective opposition (sorry to any Ed Milliband fans, but with the economy in the state it was from the government's austerity measures, any halfway competent opposition leader should have been able to walk the election and still win).