LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 29: Students take part in a "Fridays for Future" climate change rally on November 29, 2019 in London, England. The youth strike movement to demand action on climate change started in August 2018, led by the Swedish teenager Greta Thunberg. (Photo by Peter Summers/Getty Images)
What I wish is that this election was not happening. Not now. The Labour Party walked into a bear trap. We are in an era where the country, not recovered from the trauma of Brexit, has to face itself once again.
It is delusional to believe that in some way the nation will come together. Perhaps it will. But this takes a leap of faith too large for me to exhibit at the moment.
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