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An outsider's point of view if I can...
I wouldn't consider myself hugely 'political' and I don't have a natural affiliation to any particular party... but I have been enraged by the incompetence and corruption of the current mob. I fully expect any group of several hundred people to have some extra-marital affairs, a dodgy side hustle or 3, a handful of moral vacuums and a few morons, but the current government appear to have taken that argument to its logical conclusion.
What gets me, as an outsider, is that from my perspective Starmer hasn't, until the recent PMQ's, pushed that line anything like hard enough, presumably out of not wanting to be seen to be undermining rather than being constructive in a time of national crisis. As a result, he hasn't landed any really clear blows, and comes across as a bit wet and passive, in all honesty. As for what Labour stand for under him, I honestly couldn't tell you.
If he can address those 2 things, I think he will do well. In any case, he'll currently get my vote by default, but that's mainly because I'd rather cover a cucumber in a sandpaper condom and stick it up my arse using chilli oil as lube than do anything to support Johnson or Hancock.