UK General Election, June 8th 2017

[King of Kensington]

Is the Very Serious Persons' "Corbyn is headed for the worst result ever because of his personality and far left policies" still the consensus here?

[King of Kensington]

"Surge" is a bit of an overstatement...at best Labour will lose by 8-10 points instead of losing by 18-20 points - whihc likely means they will lose about 20 seats rather than losing 100 seats. No one seriously thinks there is the slightest possibility of Labour actually winning the election. IMHO, a lot of people in the UK don't want to see Theresa May waltz away with too big a win and have no serious opposition at all. We are a looooooong way from getting to a point where people start to think that Corbyn ebing PM is a serious possibility - we are still in the realm of "how big a landslide will the Tories get?"

Labour's problems are far deeper than Corbyn's personality or his "far left" policies. 

[King of Kensington]

The Economist isn't happy with either, lamenting the weakness of the liberal cosmopolitan center.  They predictably attack Corbyn for being "loony left" but are quite scathing toward Theresa May too:

http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21722855-leaders-both-main-parties-have-turned-away-decades-old-vision-open-liberal?fsrc=scn%2Fpn%2Fte%2Fbl%2Fed%2F

[King of Kensington]

"Corbyn is unelectable, he wouldn't even crack 30%"

That line seems to have changed to imagine how well a Justin Trudeau/Emmanuel Macron-type leader of the Labour Party would be doing.

[King of Kensington]

Who will look more foolish on election day - the Corbynistas or the Very Serious People who a month or two ago were predicting the worst result in history?