Jeremy Corbyn is playing the long game if history is indeed repeating itself, he will be the......

[steve2470]

Jeremy Corbyn is playing the long game – if history is indeed repeating itself, he will be the Prime Minister

http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/jeremy-corbyn-prime-minister-ted-heath-harold-wilson-labour-party-minority-government-a7783336.html

Jeremy Corbyn and John McDonnell have done their history homework, and know that Ted Heath fell days after forming a Tory minority government in 1974.


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[saidsimplesimon]

1. Thank you steve

What I call the Alt-Right hate mongers are an international lot. I wish Labour the best of times.

[steve2470]

2. my pleasure, and me also!

I'd like to see Mr. Corbyn as their PM, but I'm a yank, so not my call

[T_i_B]

3. The 1974 comparison is a good one

Although I hasten to add that I don't think there is a single politician in the commons right now with the talent of Harold Wilson.

Other parties are already expecting another snap election however, and the Tories are clearly wounded. They really have created a rod for their own back and I for one am in no position to take pity on the Conservatives.

[muriel_volestrangler]

4. I don't think it is. Wilson had more seats than Heath in February 1974

which makes a hell of a lot of difference.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_general_election,_February_1974

Labour: 301 out of 635 seats; Cons: 297; Libs: 14; SNP 7; Plaid Cymru 2. Various NI Unionists 11.

This meant that Labour could always outvote the Tories on their own. It's the Tories who are now in that position. Labour just needed a small amount of support in 1974 to get an absolute majority for any particular vote, while that means getting everyone from the DUP to the Greens to vote with Labour now.