Which way to vote!

When I look back over my voting history it has always been straight forward,

1980-1997       Conservative, to control the unions then Kinnock.

1997-2007       Labour, as the Conservatives were starting to smell a bit after 18 years.

2007-2010      LibDem, both Labour and me drifting.

2010-2022      Back to Conservative, I had forgotten Miliband (there you go), Brexit, Corbyn (danger to the country) and the economy.

This time is much more difficult as politics has become so centralised, there is little to choose between Labour and Conservative and centrism has resulted in the remaining left and right being the extremes of left and right, who should not be trusted to run a country, given recent extremist activities.

Until recently I had erred towards the Conservative fence – better the devil you know in these uncertain times than an untried Labour offering, but for no other reason. Recently my intention has been pushed further away from Labour by Labour themselves and not by the actions or offerings of another party.

I had long been suspicious about Labour use of, but undefined, term “working, man, family person etc” as guiding their policy. Coming out of Angela Rayner’s mouth it just sounded menacing and more a threat than supportive and I had hoped it was just the old yet to be vanquished left of the Labour party pushing working class credentials (ironic coming from 2 houses Angela). Then Starmer defines this “as someone who cannot write a cheque to cover a downturn”

I came from a family that had nothing and have worked hard all my life; started picking stones out of a field at 14, dragged myself to a leading university to study law, became professionally qualified and earned a lot of money and paid a lot of tax. So working hard at everything means not only have I made a significant contribution to fund the NHS etc,  but I can write a cheque to cover a downturn – so to Labour I am not a working man, it’s an insult, so why would I vote for a party whose philosophy is geared towards the working man when they do not view me as being one! If they don’t want my vote, then they will not get it.

Warning! Labour policy is not to increase taxes on  “working people” do you fit the Starmer definition if not then expect to see your tax charges go up.