Far from assuming that the swing of the pendulum will in good time carry the Tories inexorably back to power, some of his party's leaders have privately written off their chances of victory in the next election.

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So will the swing of the political pendulum.

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Unfortunately, liberal defenders of unemployment benefits swing the pendulum too far in the other direction.

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