OPINION - The Standard View: A seismic shift – and an enormous task ahead for Labour
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A general election campaign that started in the rain ended in the rain — but in between, there has been a seismic shift in the political make-up of Britain. Many will have awoken this morning to find that a weight has been lifted. This may not feel like 1997 to everyone, but to a lot of voters, it will taste just as sweet.