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OPINION - The Standard View: After 14 years, London wants change — now Labour must deliver

Short of an unprecedented polling error, the only jeopardy left in this election campaign is whether Sir Keir Starmer will secure a so-called supermajority or merely a 1997-style landslide.

True, the Labour leader has not enjoyed an error-free campaign, from questions over taxation to the selection of candidates. Yet, as in football, parties need only beat whoever is in front of them. And in this case, it has been the Conservatives.

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