I think Labour is now in the unenviable position where the only hope they have of mattering anytime soon is to hope that something does go horribly wrong under the current government so they can then claim “We wouldn’t have done that”. I have next to zero political loyalty and no hesitation in stating that I personally voted for the Brexit party in the last election. I had possibly the worst, uninformed reason for doing so, but here it is, in a nutshell. I watched what the Labour candidate had to say, which basically came down to little more than pointing out what the Conservative candidate was wrong about, then I watched the Conservative candidate say pretty much the same thing about the Labour candidate. The Brexit candidate basically said what he believed in and what he thought should be done, without pointing any fingers.
I had no interest in backing anyone who seemed to think that saying “I’m not as bad as the other guy” was a good enough reason to get my vote. It almost felt like they were saying “It’s better to be punched in the arm than punched in the face.” How about an option where I don’t get punched?
"Man is born in freedom, but he soon becomes a slave, in cages of convention, from the cradle, to the grave."