Most people don’t belong to a political tribe. They vote pragmatically. When an election comes round, they ask themselves how well the party in power has performed in government and try to decide whether it looks likely to improve their living standards in the future. In next month’s general election, millions of pragmatic middle-of-the-road voters, who have supported the Conservatives in every election since 2010, will be wondering whether the party deserves their support yet again in 2024.
The current team at the top of the Labour party are serious people of integrity and ability.
For nearly 20 years I was a member of the Conservative tribe. A councillor for four years, MP for nine and minister for four, I spent most of my adult life trying to get Conservative candidates elected and Conservative policies implemented. But gradually I came to the painful conclusion that in office the Conservatives were doing more harm than good.
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