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Originally Posted by Damien
I think what happens after will be interesting. Is there now a new divide in the country? Brexit seems to have settled but there seems to be a great deal of anger and division over issues like inequality and public services. Basically austerity.
It's something I don't think the Conservatives banked on when May called it and whilst they'll almost certainly win, and IMO with a nice majority, I think there will be lingering resentment over those issues and the way the campaign happened. May will win because of Corbyn but I see her becoming unpopular.
And will that mean May has to deal with the Brexit talks whilst contending with a backlash against Austerity? Is so does that impact upon the talks themselves?
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If there was another Labour leader who kept came across as more pro-British (for the army, NHS and Royal Family), kept Corbyn's popular policies (renationalise the utilities, railways and end austerity) and more strongly against immigration then I reckon we'd be seeing a huge Labour landslide. As it is, I see the Conservatives winning by 70 seats especially as the under 25s seem unlikely to start voting as much as the pensioners.