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[–] ForgotAboutDre@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago

The tories also get votes because they are so horrible, they know this and play to it. It does help them, put people don’t want to admit this to pollsters so they don’t poll as well. Especially when they are completely undefendable like they are now. Nothing drives people like hate and anger, which the press and tories stir up at every chance. They’ll complain about immigration and how bad immigrants are, despite them being responsible for the highest levels of immigration ever (tories like immigration it keeps wages down and makes unions weaker).

The tories will get more votes than you would expect, not enough to win. The tories have always been this nasty and incompetent. They still won elections.