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Reckoning's avatar

My personal approach has always been that I will only vote for an ostensibly right wing party that offers me something. If there is nothing at all, I will vote third party out of self-respect and to avoid rewarding uselessness.

In the last Canadian federal election, we lost the chance at slightly watered down vaccine mandates and minor tax credits under the epically useless Erin O’Toole, instead getting more Trudeau.

Trudeau’s epic failure has actually engendered some genuine opposition and energy on the conservative side. Surprisingly young people have turned into the Conservative Party’s greatest supporters. Of course, it remains to be seen if the slippery PP actually does anything to reward this great energy on the right.

I see a couple of differences between the UK and Canada. Trudeau promised sunny ways and a new era of green prosperity, but dragged the economy downwards by breaking from the somnolent, somewhat centre right Harper government.

Given that the UK is already dragging due to leftist policies delivered by the Tories, this Starmer character will benefit from low expectations and the fact he is just following through on Tory policies. The Tories won’t have much to say on this and will have to wait for reality to deliver its verdict, which it will.

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EsotericPutlerism's avatar

Excellent article. I've seen some people claim it's a bit of a cope for the right to say a shit Starmer ministry is the way forward but I genuinely can't see any alternative. Fortunately, as you've laid out, as a country we're flat broke. Things will get worse but the ultimate outcome is political instability that a prepared right can stand tall in. Once we get to 2029 we'll see how correct that expectation is/was.

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