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But that was the logical conclusion of the Jonathan Freedland piece last week about Labour - if a party's only purpose is to be in power then what is the point of the LibDems or the Greens
Surely Freedland was suggesting that if Labour had been serious about power, then Corbyn had always been the wrong choice.
I don't think that you can extend that outside of your own party - otherwise you'd end up saying that Labour should have disbanded in favour of the Tories, as they were going to be the eventual winners.
christianSpaceman
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^But that was the logical conclusion of the Jonathan Freedland piece last week about Labour - if a party's only purpose is to be in power then what is the point of the LibDems or the Greens? The vague hope of another coalition? Freedland didn't follow that thought through though.
Except the Brexit party had a huge influence on this election, even though it's not really a party and stood down half its candidates. Farage has never been an MP but has had more effect than almost anyone else in the last 70 years. 30 years ago the SNP might as well have given up, given their prospects at the time.
The question of what is the point of smaller parties in a two-party, first past the post system is an interesting one.