People can post as many videos (of either side) dredged up from however long in the past but it doesn't matter if I fundamentally disagree with the core policies and direction of a party.Do I agree 100% with any particular party? No, of course not, there are plenty of online tests you can take to see how closely you align with the various parties. Last time I took one I came out as Lib Dem 94%, Green 93%, Labour 74%, Conservative 34% and Brexit 26%, but I'll happily vote Labour in Putney as that's the obvious anti-Tory choice. No nose holding required, it's not as if me voting for a party means I implicitly endorse the actions of every member of the possible cabinet and its leader.The individuals are far less important than the policies and direction. Tories in the 2015 election voted for Cameron and ended up with May. Tories in 2017 voted for May and ended up with Boris. Tories voting in 2019 for Boris this time will end up with, I dunno, Gove? The personalities are a silly (but engineered) distraction to avoid proper scrutiny of the underlying policies.So, for this reason amongst many others, yes I'd much rather have Diane Abbott as Home Secretary than Priti Patel.And I continue to have close to zero respect for people that attempt to distract from the major issues at stake with silly ad hominem attacks.
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