@larand i am one of those people that will put their hand up and say YES - I voted for Thatcher.

The first time.

She then got a wag the dog boost for election 2 - and totally lost the plot as did the acolytes she surrounded herself with.

I think the same has happened this time around ... 14 years does that to you - I mean it was clear (to me at least) that the Tories should never have won in 2019 - but the anti Corbyn media made sure that happened. So again - they got carried away - that’s how you get a lettuce.

My point being that I THINK of myself as someone in the middle - at least what used to be the middle. Old Tories - old Labour were in the middle - but as both parties have moved out to their respective fringes - the majority of us 'in the middle' are left with no one.

I think that is how 'Bliar' won - he moved the Labour party to the middle - which Major tried - but he was tarnished with the Thatcher brush.

So in some ways Starmer I think is going to do what Bliar did - but I hope with more integrity ... as a human rights lawyer and a real experience in government rather than a 'career politician' that was Bliar.

We will see.