We're in a strange place after that election. Shit will be going down in Conservative Party HQ and across the country, but most of us on the left are buoyant - although we only came close to a draw it was so much better than we believed it would be just six weeks ago when the election was called.
Supporting Jeremy in the first leadership election felt like a mad but principled protest to keep the flame burning for an alternative to neo-liberal capitalism.
I took some stick before the second leadership election particularly by people who saw their grip on the party fading, but I had seen him in person and could see what he and John McDonnell were trying to do and the different style of leadership that has provided such a counterpoint to Theresa May.
I did have a quiet wobble at the start of this campaign. The task ahead (even getting to where we are now) seemed impossible in the face of a vicious press, but despite all that we've come together as a party and reminded people what solidarity means.
I remember the 18-year-old I was at the 1983 election. It was dark and we didn't know then how much darker it could get. But I experienced the amazing fraternal bonds that held us together despite everything the next two Thatcher governments threw at us.
If we'd had this sort of hung parliament at that stage, nothing would have stopped me fighting immediately for a majority as soon as possible and I trust that there are many young people who have found their political feet during the last 50 days who won't accept this result as the best we can manage and will be carrying on the conversations and action to bring us peace and justice.
Love and hugs x
