As someone trapped in the Help to Buy shitshow, having basically only done it because we were raised to believe that the only guaranteed investment is property, any intervention the tories plan is going to be for the benefit of anyone but first time buyers. Five years later and the economy has been destroyed by the same people who put the thing in place, and now the mortgage is going through the roof, the place is too small for my now new family, and the value of the property has dropped rather than increased.
I am exactly the kind of person they would expect to vote for them as I get older. Property owner (sort of), high salary, new family, blah blah. Not only have I never anyway because their core values are abhorrent to me, but now they’ve put the nail in the coffin by very actively screwing me over in every possible way financially.
Why would anyone even consider voting for them at this point? I feel like a lot of people can go along with relative financial incompetence if their values align, or if their values don’t completely align then if they are better off under whatever Party is in charge. You can’t be morally disjointed and financially incompetent, though, and it’s fascinating that the Tories don’t see it.