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The Tories have adopted a scorched earth policy. We must oppose them now
DIANE ABBOTT says the public mood of support for escalating strikes is remarkable – we need to unite it into a political opposition to the Tories
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IN mid-October Labour’s opinion poll lead was an unfeasibly high 39 per cent and is now averaging about half of that level. 

This shows that there should be no grounds for complacency about the outcome of the next general election. Even so, the Tories still have a mountain to climb.

Almost unprecedentedly, the Tories have not reacted by trying to win over the electorate. On the contrary, they seem to have taken the view that the next election is already lost (which also explains why so many rats are jumping from their parliamentary ship).

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