Do you really think Labour would have kept things more open during covid? That hasn't been the pattern of progressive governments in other countries at all, quite the opposite.
It is true lockdowns caused a lot of harm. Something I’ve posted a fair bit about. Unfortunately Labour were even more for restrictions and lockdowns and the left generally were ok with thinking about the risk from Covid but not the damage from lockdowns. Which is a huge pity as many were vulnerable to the risks from lockdown.
I hope it never happens again but Labour have been keener to neglect those hurt by them so I’m not seeing much opposition there
The above posts really sum up why it's pointless speaking with the remaining tory voters.
The post they are replying to was one that detailed the real life impacts of over 10 years of tory cuts, highlighting just what their failure to invest in education, social services, health, communities, public services, etc, etc has led too. Their response, as you can see, is to skip over all that nasty stuff and simply say "Well Labour might have been as bad".
I genuinely can't get my head around that thought process. You have insurmountable evidence that the tories have and are having a horrific impact on the most vulnerable in society, have overseen widening inequality, unseen since the Victorian era, and a reduction in living standards across the board and STILL you ignore it all "cause someone else might have done worse".
Labour might have been worse if they'd been in power, they might not have been, it's irrelevant. The tories were and are in power, their failures are their's alone. Yet the tory faithful refuse to hold them accountable. When that's the level of denial/willful ignorance you're dealing with there really is no point.