Mayday

As my friend Chris put it this morning, "Well that's a turn up for the books and no mistake". Theresa May's snap election, designed to establish a cast iron mandate for the forthcoming Brexit negotiations, backfired horribly on the Conservatives as they lost their majority and will need to rely on the support of the Democratic Unionist Party to form a government. She could have adopted a conciliatory tone in her speech this afternoon but elected to bury her head in the sand, still continuing to peddle hollow lines about stability in this country amidst what might generously be described as an embarrassment for her and her party.

I resented going back to the polls and clearly I wasn't the only one. May only really has herself to blame. Her campaign has been absolutely dreadful and her refusal to engage her opponents in meaningful debate and constant attempts to undermine Labour rather than offer positive solutions of her own have contributed to her downfall. Yet she clings on, a good deal less strong and stable than we were told. Repeatedly.

I still have strong reservations about Jeremy Corbyn and I'm tired of people I know painting him as some sort of messiah. I don't know if he is capable of leading this country as Prime Minister. But amidst severe pressure from his own party and from the right wing media in the country, he has succeeded in mobilising the youth into voting and winning seats.  I did not vote for Labour but I applaud the young people of this country for making their voices heard and standing up for what they believe to be right. We were told that Corbyn was unelectable. He does not seem so unelectable now.