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I can't believe how bad this is. And things will get worse. This election was always about Brexit and Labour campaigned on the wrong policies as regards what most of the electorate want.
The majority of Labour's policies are decent but people want "Let's get Brexit done." Or the appearance of it. And they love being lied to.
But do not be under any illusion, this is a seismic shift, a break in society between the regional working poor/regional working class/the older generation and the younger urban working class and middle class. Even more so than the referendum. I know conventional notions of class structure don't reflect things accurately but I think this is what's happened.
The conservatives campaigned on Brexit.
Labour said let's have a second referendum.
That, chiefly, destroyed them.
I'm pretty devastated that this Conservative win is so complete. This country is fucked.