And the moral of the story is :-

Accept your losses gracefully do not cling obsessively to past losses.

Instead focus on the future and spend those three years nurturing a viable candidate to present to the people.

Time wasted on vengeance is time better spent on the needs of your bosses , the people, lest you find yourself with an old ox , who's days of ploughing any field are long gone.

And as a result you have another three years conducting an autopsy of your party.