From Labour’s perspective, the most appropriate way to describe the 2017 general election is ambivalence. The results are confusing and we are no longer business as usual. We were not massacred as many had feared; the party was not reduced to a rump of 150 seats. The Conservatives were humiliated, having destroyed their parliamentary majority in the misguided belief that they could sweep Labour aside. The leadership exceeded expectations and the party has moved closer to power. Under these conditions, we forget that […]