Antonio Costa, leader of Portugal's Socialist Party (PS), may soon be able to tell the curious story of how to lose a vote and yet still become prime minister. After the election on October 4th, far from winning a majority as he had hoped, his ps was not even the biggest party. That title went to the centre-right alliance led by Pedro Passos Coelho, the incumbent prime minister. Many expected Mr Costa to resign as party leader.
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