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Thanks for this. As for the Oz election piece, it actually reassures me. Labor now has a structural incentive to not go crazy-woke. I hope Albo notices.

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If they do go crazy-woke, Albo will be a one-term PM. Australian politics is a harsh mistress.

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Yes.

I'd caution that wokeness works by capturing institutions and distracting them from basic missions like winning elections.

Happened to Corbyn's Labour, and seems to be happening to US Dems. Better for those energies go to winning elections in Teal seats than in capturing the Labour party.

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Great piece about the election Helen. I think you're correct to see this election result mostly as a manifestation of demographic shift, combined with the politics of being pissed off. The only thing you didn't find room to mention was the write-off for the Tories in the West, largely attributable to the popularity of state Premier Mark McGowan, as shown in his Labor party landslide last year. The impact of a long lingering afterglow indeed.

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