UK Labour are too Tory for me.
I’ve threatened that they’ve lost my vote. (edit)
On LGBTQIA, specifically trans rights.
On their plans for the NHS.
On their plans for health and wealth inequalities in the UK.
On their plans for the relationship the UK has with Europe.
They have to be less Tory to get my vote back.
It’s not acceptable that to not vote Tory, we have to settle for what they offer. They assume their position is acceptable.
If they correct their position, I’ll reconsider
@uk_politics

  • barontomatoes@lemmy.worldEnglish
    92·
    1 year ago

    Labour and the Tories are not the same

    No, they’re not. But that doesn’t make them good. Less bad, perhaps, but good is a stretch.

    The purpose of the narrative that they are is to foster and maintain voter apathy.

    Voters are apathetic because they rarely (if ever) get to vote for something, usually it’s voting to stop something/somebody else.

    • C4d@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      1 year ago

      I agree that voting these days seems to be about “holding one’s nose” and picking the party most likely to stop something.

      I blame FPTP.

      At the moment, if you’re right-leaning there’s essentially just one party of note but if you’re left-leaning you’ve got some choices.

      With PR, I believe more people would be able to just vote for what they want to see.