Corbyn in 2015. Jason/Flickr. Some rights reserved.In the run-up to the British general election on 8 June, three columns in this series explored the possibility that the end-result might not be a landslide victory for Theresa May and the Conservative Party.
The first pointed to “a niggling sense that something may be developing under the surface that could break through even in the short time left” (see "The Corbyn crowd, and its signal", 18 May 2017). It seemed implausible, given that most opinion polls were showing a Conservative lead well into double figures. But a few days later the lead was beginning to narrow.
The second column noted that “Labour supporters began to sense a previously heretical notion that the Conservatives might not even gain an overall majority…” (see "Corbyn, and an election surprise", 26 May 2017).
