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Nonetheless despite the reported attitude of the then #GeneralSecretary it appears that in five English regions - as well as Wales and probably Scotland - the campaign was adjusted sufficiently to enable as many seats to be won as reasonable expectations. This does suggest an ability to recognise the scope for winning seats and a willingness to adapt tactics accordingly. However this seems unlikely to have been confined to people with twenty years experience.

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Furthermore it was reported - and never to my knowledge denied - that the then #GeneralSecretary expressed regret that a few seats had been lost in June 2017 but seemed to show no interest in the fact that rather more had been won let alone any concern that opportunities to win a few more had been lost.

Yet had #Labour won a handful more seats from the Conservatives the history of the last few would most likely have been very different.