I suspect that May is trying to wait for the next round of gerrymandering to come into effect--which would put Labour at such a disadvantage that no kind of Corbyn effect could offset it. Remember that one of the reasons why Labour did so well was because the election was too early for constituency boundaries to have been redrawn to favour the Tories. This article is spun in favour of Labour, but it still says that Labour would lose more seats than the Tories once the goalposts were shifted:
wait for the next round of gerrymandering to come into effect
You think this legislation is likely before 2020? I get the impression parliament and the civil service doesn't have the physical and mental capacity to deal with any legislation other than brexit this year. Or next...
I suspect that May is trying to wait for the next round of gerrymandering to come into effect--which would put Labour at such a disadvantage that no kind of Corbyn effect could offset it. Remember that one of the reasons why Labour did so well was because the election was too early for constituency boundaries to have been redrawn to favour the Tories. This article is spun in favour of Labour, but it still says that Labour would lose more seats than the Tories once the goalposts were shifted:
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/dec/29/tory-conservative-seats-risk-parliamentary-boundary-changes-labour