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1. I seem to remember somebody else who
Sat Aug 5, 2017, 02:32 PM
Aug 2017

promised everything and gullible people just fell for it. Now, who was that? Trump, perhaps? We liberals have been beating the drum about how Trump voters were sold a pig in a poke, but, just maybe, being manipulated by politicians isn't only a failure of conservatives.

My husband's English family, from the young to the old, working class all, have told us that Corbyn promised the unattainable to people and got the votes on that basis. They don't expect much from him, but are hoping that maybe they'll be surprised.


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