Quote Originally Posted by jon1959 View Post
I expect marginal differences of policy and behaviour.

But a slight improvement in some areas (in others there will be no change at all) is better than more of the same.

For some people that slight improvement may be life changing. It was with the Blair/Brown government despite the war crimes, the toadying to Murdoch and Ecclestone, PFI and all the other shit. There were positives with housing, child care, workers rights, mildly redistributive budgets, devolution etc.

I don't think a Starmer government would have that many positives - and I despise the man - but it will be better than the Tories.
And I understand why people will vote for Starmer's Labour because of this. My view is that, when you award Starmer's and Blair's version of Labour with electoral success, you allow them to say "See? This is the sort of socialism the British people want". So you get Corbyn ostracised by his own party and a continual shift to the right so that Labour and Conservatives are almost indistinguishable. And maybe that model of the Labour Party is indeed what the British people want. But it isn't what I want and I won't lend them my vote to bolster their claims.