@sittin GREAT post.
I'm a 'shy conservative'. Most people I know are. My fb feed has been pretty empty of election stuff - apart from a small number of labour people who post really aggressive stuff. I don't enter into debates about politics on mn 'cause I don't really like being attacked in a way I would never attack labour supporters. What some people don't realise is that some of us vote Tory because we think it would be better for the whole country. I think lots of JCs ideas are lovely- yay!!! Give people stuff!!! But I think if we implemented them we'd bankrupt the country and be in a much worse position than we are now - and able to afford less NHS / social care. I do think it's right that free school meals are taken away from those who can afford to pay - it's a daft policy! I do think education needs more money. I do want to care for disabled people. I'm not particularly fussed about immigration. I don't agree with a lot of Tory policy, but overall I think they are the better option out of two (sorry lib dems) rather dismal options. I can't see Corbyn, Abbott, thornberry etc running the country successfully. And in my line of work I have met lots of entitled people who really don't fancy the idea of working. Does that make me selfish? Basically I want a new center ground liberal non-socialist party!
I actually quite like Corbyn as a person; he seems like a lovely man and his heart is in the right place.
But his ideas are too far out, and fantastic, and the country will be bankrupt within a year. I am not not a massive fan of May, nor the Tories, but I am getting increasingly tempted to vote for them as I feel that the Tories are the right party right now.
Caroline Lucas is lovely too, but again, her ideas are not terribly doable.
Don't like Farron or Nuttall.
If I hear Farron say he is going to stop Brexit one more time, I will fucking scream! It's a done deal! The touchpaper has been lit!
And yes I agree that some people have suffered with their ESA and DLA being cut/stopped/questioned etc, but the fact is that 100s of 1000s have been swinging the lead for a long time, and we all know it. So something had to be done. Unfortunately, some people who deserve to be on disability benefit got caught in the crossfire. And the Tories did themselves no favours with employing companies who got paid for everyone they got off the benefits. It was a good idea in principal, but too severe and badly executed. Like the benefit cap and tax credits cap. Something needed doing but they should not have been retrospective IMO.