Other than a '
never liked Labour and can't bring myself to do so', why don't you think they wouldn't be a good alternative?
Keir Starmer is clearly a clever bloke (don't get to be Director of Public Prosecution without being intelligent). He comes from a working class background (
mum was a nurse, dad a toolmaker). His leadership is 'left of centre', rather than far left, more Blair than Corbyn. Unlike the Tories, all their plans are costed and explained.
I also like Angela Raynor, who despite the way some elements of the national press try to portray her, is another intelligent, caring person. I particularly liked a story about her. She was being shadowed by a reporter. Once a week, after her team had lunch together, Raynor sneaked off for some '
private time'. The reporter found out that many years ago, before she was in politics, Rayner had signed up to a charity that befriended elderly people, who were socially isolated, so they had a regular '
telephone chat'. Despite her political position, Raynor kept this relationship going, with the weekly phone call. The old lady who she has been chatting to for years is a die-hard Tory, who has no idea that she's talking to the Deputy Leader of the Labour party. Apparently, after a public hustings & campaigning in Stockport, the lady said something like, "
I saw that Angela Raynor woman in town, what an awful woman!" She still doesn't know that her friend is '
that awful woman'
She was also a '
Samaritan' for many years, although she had to give that up. I can't imagine any of the senior Tories volunteering their time like that?
As for Eden, I'm much less confident now than a few months ago.