Yes, I voted Tory, always have and always will. In the last election I voted for Brexit and Boris, as I believed that Boris was the only one who would finally push Brexit through.
I agree with previous posters who say that anyone who votes Tory daren't admit it on this forum as they are shouted down (my own experience on several other threads).
I believe Boris delivered on Brexit (yes, I know it's still ongoing), he led us well during the pandemic (particularly in respect of the vaccination program) and has been very good re. the war in Ukraine. Yes, mistakes have been made.....especially during COVID. Any leader in power would have made mistakes as the pandemic was unprecedented, different leaders would have just made different mistakes. In general, I can't get worked up about so-called 'party gate', I honestly believe Boris didn't view some of those meetings as "parties", I also honestly believe his apologies were genuine when he gave them.
His most recent problem re. ministerial appointments, I am unsure as to why he took the decisions he did. Was he ill advised? Did he think he'd give the chap a second chance? I think he made a bad call on that one. However, given all the furore over the last two years, and the constant witch hunt by the media and press, it appeared to be the final straw.
I find it sad that he was forced to go in the way he was, and that MPs he trusted as supporters turned against him in the end....shades of Margaret Thatcher's end all over again. Except that Thatcher was very rigid, wouldn't alter policies if the people objected and wasn't one to apologise publicly, whereas I felt Boris had tried to do things differently. I do, really, find it very sad. I'd personally vote for Boris again, and I don't regret having given him my vote before.
The problem is that whatever I say will be unacceptable to those who disagree or who see things differently. We're all allowed our own opinion; I've listened to others but I tend to favour my own perspective, obviously....
Those who 'hate' the Tories and don't trust any of them don't seem to realise that there are those who feel the same way about other parties. In each case the dislike is probably unfounded but we stick to it....
For instance, I really don't trust the Labour party, I couldn't ever, ever vote Labour. My heart just sinks if I think about them getting in again at the next election (which is fairly likely, I would say). I hated the years Labour was in under Tony Blair, I thought the lot of them were bloody liars, they spent all the country's money and left us in a dreadful mess, which meant austerity was required to get us back on track (blamed on the Conservatives, of course). I am sure Kier Starmer is a great chap in reality, but I can't stand him, I think he has no answers to any of the current economic problems and I would/will be horrified if he were ever to become PM.
You will say that my views are unfounded, subjective and incorrect, but that's the point I am making. I could say the same about all the Tory-bashing that goes on on here. Each to their own.....