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I think it's both, but I'd always rather a lucky general than a good one. Theresa May wasn't exactly setting the world on fire with her charisma and ability but we still managed to trail her for most of her premiership.
I think the real thing that's changed is that we as a society have undergone a shift. We've realised, for the most part, that political parties based on the idea of making things worse for people we don't like improve our lives much less than parties based on the idea of making things better for everyone. It's one of those epochal shifts.
I was there in 1997, first election I could vote in. The country feels the same. We're sick of it. We may not be excited about Starmer the way some of us were about Blair, but we are actively scared of / hostile to Sunak and his pals, and as a country we are just tired and bored and exhausted by it.