Just, why???

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Newsnight just reported that according to one survey 8 out of 10 people are dissatisfied with the way the government are running the country, rising to 9 out of 10 amongst people with mortgages.

Who are the 2 out of 10 people who are satisfied? I appreciate political views differ but can even Tory voters think it’s going well? You might not want to vote Labour (or anyone else) but I can’t understand the thinking that says they’re doing a good job.

I love my DM but I cannot discuss politics with her anymore because she is adamant that Brexit was a good idea and will come good in then end, and even though she has changed her mind a bit, she was one of the people who always said "Boris is a nice guy". She thinks things will be as bad/worse under Labour and can't admit how much of a complete balls up the Tories are making of everything. The hilarious thing is one of the reasons she voted for Brexit is because she thought she would get a GP appt more easily as all the EU folk would have gone home and freed up all the appointments. Now she can't get a GP appt for weeks on end but still doesn't see how she got it so wrong!!
In all other respects we get on great, she is a lovely person, working class but has done fairly ok by working hard. Not rich, comfortable but still having to work until 67 before she can afford to retire.

I also think some people genuinely like their local Tory MP who may not be Satan themselves, but they basically stand by and let the other Satan's run wild!!

I think there’s a subset of society that are bumbling on okay (and I’m part of that)
and who might recognise different decisions might have a better wider impact but are not affected enough to say they’re “dissatisfied”.

I’m early 30s, higher earner, mortgage already on a 3% fix that ends next year (so not facing the 1% to 6% jump that some are), have just remortgaged my buy to let at 4% which felt reasonable (I always expected rates to go up, and have savings accounts at better rates than both my mortgages), have private healthcare, have an NHS dentist but no dental issues so just regular check ups, no kids. This government has sorted cladding issues on my BTL (previously my home and now BTL as property was unmortgageable until recently), I wasn’t negatively impacted by covid - in fact my life improved, I have solar panels so the amount I pay for energy hasn’t actually increased over the last 2 years (other than the outlay on solar).

I’m usually a Tory voter, but I’m undecided for the next election. On the whole I don’t think the Tory government have done themselves any favours, but my local Conservative MP has been great and has raised relevant local issues in debates and voted the way I have asked on issues I’ve raised with him.

If I had the choice, I’d vote him in as my
local MP but choose a different overall government.

I’m not sure I can bring myself to vote Labour though and so I am truly torn for the next election…

But I might not have answered in a survey that I was “dissatisfied” with government, I’m more in the neutral box rather than “satisfied” though.

(Also I get all the nuances around how difficult life is at the minute for broader society and that is why I would choose a different government to lead overall were it not for my ‘loyalty’ to my current MP).

I’m not in a safe seat though so suspect my seat will go to a Labour MP regardless of my vote!