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Loukas Christodoulou | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @0f342e77 @a8a3ca9d @d4b01ab1 @ee4cb8b5 @02439a38 The Tories were voting for the election, as was DUP, and with libdem and SNP votes parliament was bound to support the call for an election.
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419b322c | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @b870d4c8 @a8a3ca9d @d4b01ab1 @ee4cb8b5 @02439a38 

It all depended on #Labour mate. If you remember, the #Tories didn't even have a majority, & it needed a ⅔ parliamentary majority to change Cameron's 5 year fixed term parliaments.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-eu-blair-idUSKCN1VN0RT
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Loukas Christodoulou | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @0f342e77 @a8a3ca9d @d4b01ab1 @ee4cb8b5 @02439a38 oof I forgot about the two-thirds rule. Sorry for wasting your time and I appreciate you putting me right.
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419b322c | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @b870d4c8 @a8a3ca9d @d4b01ab1 @ee4cb8b5 @02439a38 

No worries mate. Like yourself, I'm here to share knowledge & to learn too.

#Corbyn showed how useless he was for falling for the trap. What happened on 13th December 2019, is exactly as Blair predicted on 2nd September.

Egged on by #Momentum & their belief they could mobilised the greatest election campaign force in history, they too believed Corbyn would win easily.

In that moment, he proved what a naive political fool he was. 🙄