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[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 months ago

I would love to believe this, but living in the westcountry and regularly visiting places like Surrey shows you that there are still lots of people that will forever support the Tories, or will never support Labour.

People like Jeremy Hunt, Liz Truss, Jacob Rees Mogg, and co don't get into power by accident. They're voted in, often multiple times over multiple decades.

While I really want to see a Labour government again, and while I still hold some slight glimmer of hope that Starmer is playing it coy by trying to look more centrist/right-wing than he actually is, I'm still not sold.