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I don't think very many people at all have ever gone to the ballot box and had the following internal monologue: 'Well, voting X would be better for me, but voting Y is probably what this country really needs'.
I think plenty of people have thought that. There's a lot of people who have voted both Labour and Conservative (probably especially conservative) against their own self interest.
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I firmly believe that almost everyone has always voted in their own interests; I don't think very many people at all have ever gone to the ballot box and had the following internal monologue: 'Well, voting X would be better for me, but voting Y is probably what this country really needs'.
And much as it may grate, I will tell you for nothing that there are a very substantial number of people, from Surrey gammons to Sunderland dockers, who identify very strongly with the sentiments on that 'I never cared that...' meme. The Tories know that, and subtly play to it; Labour also know that, and dismiss them as wrong/bigots. The latter is not a good electoral strategy.