Very well done to Fleur Anderson who will make an excellent Putney MP, and to her team who worked so hard to buck the national trend. Also to the tactical voters who made the difference. If only the LibDems had done the same in Wimbledon.I wonder how long it will take for the gloss of this Tory victory to wear off, particularly in the so-called red wall. I hope their awakening to five more years of selective austerity is not too brutal, but awakening there will be.The only sane part of the UK looks like Scotland. Corbyn must be replaced quickly, as he has much to answer for. While I understand the effect of the biased national press, his lack of political agility and failure to clearly identify with remaining in the EU has had dire consequences. His manifesto was over-stuffed with promises, making it easy for Dominic Cummings to play to the gallery of disbelief in the press (Guardian and Mirror excepted) magnified by the exaggerated cries of Labour anti-semitism. Corbyn failed to act quickly to root out any such racism, and has reaped the whirlwind. What a missed opportunity.The electoral system is broken. But it won’t be fixed now the Conservatives control parliament. They won this majority on just 45% of the vote. A travesty.Nick
Nicholas Evans ● 2525d