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Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn gave a very honest and sensible answer when he was asked what would be a “good result” for Labour in the general election .

He said: “Winning the election”.

And the answer, in an interview with the Independent, was spot on. Labour should win on June 8.

The election is there for the taking.

Conservative leader Theresa May has run a dreadful campaign.

She decided - or was advised - to make it all about her.

Her speech on Brexit in Teesside is a prime example. She urged voters to “put your trust in me, back me” - using the phrase three times.

But it hasn’t worked. Voters aren’t convinced by Theresa May because she’s shown that she’s not strong and stable, another favourite phrase, at all.

Her manifesto launch was a disaster and she did a u-turn on one of her key policies, the unpopular “dementia tax”, in the middle of the election campaign. This is almost unheard of.

Conservative candidates are dismayed. They talk mockingly about the “cult of May”.

And there’s already talk about who will be the next Conservative leader after she goes, with Home Secretary Amber Rudd in the frame. That’s a sign that a leader is in trouble.

It should be possible to beat Theresa May.

She’s been ridiculed for failing to take part in TV debates. Jeremy Corbyn is up against an opponent who doesn’t even turn up to the fight.

Does Labour face a battle against a powerful right wing media? To some extent - but the media have turned on Mrs May.

A journalist (Michael Crick of Channel 4) came up with the idea that she was “weak and wobbly”. The rest of the media ran with it.

The London Evening Standard, edited by fellow Tory George Osborne, has accused her of launching “the most disastrous manifesto in recent history”.

Even the Tory-supporting Sun is mocking her. When she took questions after her Teesside speech, a Sun reporter asked if she was concerned that she looked like she was panicking.

(Image: Nick Wilkinson)

What about the disloyal Labour MPs undermining Mr Corbyn?

They’ve been quiet throughout this campaign. In fact, they’ve been pretty quiet since last year’s leadership contest.

This is Mr Corbyn’s chance to prove his doubters wrong. And he might do it.

He won’t get a better chance than this. Against this damaged Conservative leader and her misjudged election campaign, Labour really should win.

As Mr Corbyn says, we’ll know whether Labour achieved a good result, once the votes are counted, by whether they are preparing to form a government or not.