Surely it was obvious that, on any reasonable examination, Donald Trump was by far the better candidate in the 2016 election and thus, would probably win.
Or that Brexit was by far the better option and would also probably prevail.
Or that the Keating-Turnbull republic would have been a constitutional disaster, (as several constitutional experts admitted in a leading law journal after the defeat) and that it too would obviously be defeated.
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