Let's Compare

Neither you nor I are fans of Labour currently.

However, the sheeple of England and Wales seem so pissed off with the Tories that they seem minded to vote for whomever can defeat them wherever they live on the assumption that anything must be better. In lots of places this vote will go to Labour. North of the border - and correct me if I am wrong because I am seeing this from afar - recent corruption scandals and the departure of the popular Nicola Sturgeon seem to have damaged the SNP, causing some to look for an alternative anti-Tory vote. There is the danger of Labour gaining ground at the expense mostly of the SNP, merely by virtue of the fact that they are not the SNP or the Tories. In other words an anti-incumbency vote rather than any positive support for Labour.

The sheeple throughout these islands are simple folk when it comes to politics. When they turn decisively against something or someone they tend to vote for whoever is best placed to defeat them, without actually thinking what it is they are supporting. 

I expect Labour gains in Scotland at the expense of the SNP, and a Tory collapse and Labour landslide south of the border. I do not want either of those things to happen but am afraid I suspect that they will.

We would also normally expect in this situation for the Lib Dems to make major gains at the expense of the Tories wherever they are the main challengers as they often are here in South West England. But a wild card has been thrown into the pack in regards them. Their leader Ed Davey has been exposed as up to his neck in it in the subpostmasters scandal, having decisively sided with the post office against them. A former subpostmaster is planning to stand against him in his own constituency on that very issue. This as an issue which resonates with the public right now might blow over or it might not. But it has the potential to damage the Lib Dem leader personally and indirectly the party he leads. This could save a few seats for the Tories or it could boost Labour support in one or two places or both. Or it might have very little impact. I cannot know with any certainty so see this is something of a wild card that the Lib Dems must surely be crapping their pants over.

Reform essentially has the same problem that we on the left have. No matter how many votes we get under FPTP we are pretty much guaranteed not to get any seats or at best one or two. So nothing changes. The more votes Reform get the more damage they do to the Tories without gaining any or many seats themselves. Many more people who might otherwise vote Reform or for a candidate of the left will not do so because of the inherent likelihood of their vote being wasted, an assumption which of course becomes a self fulfilling prophesy. I personally know left wingers who detest Starmer and those in charge of Labour yet are planning to vote Labour anyway as the only party that can beat the Tories. Hence the FPTP stitch up guarantees that nothing significant will ever change, people feeling compelled to try and make their votes count within the system to be heard at all. Until or unless there is a mass movement among the people not simply to stop bothering but to actually go out there and vote for anyone except the Tories or Labour, nothing will ever change I fear. Because they do not fear us not voting at all. What they fear is the distant prospect of us all en masse voting for anyone but them. Us doing so is the only way we will get real change I fear.

It's not just Sunak and starmer though sandy is it? Something weird is  going on across the politics of the western world. In the yookay , we have political parties that are different in policy and action from what they say on the label.

If you want Scottish independence , you wouldn't vote snp would you? At best they are a devolutionist party.

If you are a socialist , you wouldn't vote starmers new labour ? likewise a conservative , you wouldn't vote sunaks tories.

It's not just here , there is mass anger and resentment across the European continent , from Ireland in the west , to the Netherlands , Germany Italy all the way over to Greece.  ?We seem to have many political parties at the forefront of politics who are at best nothing more than globalist centrist liberals masquerading as serious independence , socialist or conservative parties. Barely a fag paper difference in policy between them .

What is actually going on ?

They appear to be representing outside interests , instead of the interests of their countries and voting bases . As I said , we are headed for a bumpy ride.

Absolutely.

But this time around I will be voting Reform. There is no point in my voting Conservative simply to keep Labour out when they are effectively the same establishment shills.

And, regardless of outcome, at least I'll know that I voted against the ensuing establishment shit show.

Don't you think they already know the risk of crossing the Chanel and not being welcome by people like you but still come .

Of course its there Choice lots of people make Choices that can cause there death in the job they do but they still choose the job.

No  comparison as usaul lefty old bean. If the wankers came here but were ushered off to Rawandha rather than a 4 star hotel would they still come then?