It hurt and if you pretend that it didn't, you have to be kidding yourself. This has done Labor a lot of harm and it won't be over in five minutes. Mr Richardson said the hardest thing to gain in Opposition was momentum. But this week we came to a screaming halt. A week ago I believed we were a dead certainty to win the next election, but you couldn't say that any longer.
Labor is suddenly on the back foot.
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