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Think there's a lot of truth in this. That's why starmer has to tread carefully and slowly chip away at the idea that 'Boris is just doing his best, he's a good bloke who delivered brexit'.
Gonna take a long time to break that down with alot of people, especially when most people only really pay attention to politics during election time
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Maybe.
Alternative theory is the "rally around the flag" effect that people put trust in govt during times of crisis - they don't want to be too harsh on a govt given severity of situation, and also psychologically want to trust government when they don't feel safe.
Whereas in 2024 hopefully the scariest stuff will be past and we'll just be living w consequences