Any theories as to how long May can delay a new election?

[Denzil_DC]

11. The latest poll I've seen showed Labour 3 points ahead.

That's usually within the margin of error, so may in reality be no clear water at all.

That all might change if Labour run as effective a campaign and the Tories run as pathetic a one as happened last time, but there are no guarantees of that, especially if there was the prospect of a change in Tory leadership.

I've no idea what you're referring to by "a significant faction of the Labour bureaucracy working against it's now-popular leader and expelling people for the horrible crimes of supporting said leader(sometimes by making what the bureaucracy KNOWS are false accusations of anti-Semitism and even false claims of Holocaust denial against people whose only "crime" is being post-Zionist or in some cases of simply being critical of what the Israeli government does to Palestinians)".

I was under the impression that a lot of that had died down after Labour avoided a bloodbath, but then I don't follow Labour's interminable internal convulsions at all closely, as life's too short.

What would really help would be if there was clear water between Labour's (let alone Corbyn's) stance on the EU and the Tories'. If I've witnessed any unrest within Labour in recent months, it's focused on that aspect, but as I said, I don't pay it close attention.

That particular clear water isn't there, despite wishful thinking among some of those who voted Labour last time (and Labour would do well not to take those voters for granted in any future election) and the utter chaos in government. I'm no closer to understanding what Labour would do about it all if in power than I was back in the spring. I suspect I'm not alone in that.

I know you've taken a lot of persuading (I suspect unsuccessful) from many of us who live in the UK that Brexit is the key overriding issue on which most, if not any, prospects of future social progress in the UK hinge. If you're not convinced by now, I doubt anything can be done about that.