At least in the 80s there was some kind of credible opposition!!! And the chance of an opposition being elected!
I am so so depressed by the current state of politics in the UK. and so cross that elections werent suspended because of Covid in favour of a national government, as existed during the second world war.
The local elections in May are a joke!
The difficult thing is that people want what the Conservatives are doing, brexit, tougher immigration controls, free ports, clamping down on demo's and rioting etc. You try to explain to people that stopping people coming over in little boats will keep happening as only have 4 patrol ships for the whole of the UK, explain that brexit won't make us an independent as many car manufactuers for example will follow EU rules as that is the bigger market, we have an ageing population, so we need extra people etc.
Johnson promised no defence cuts, bt it's already come out that 10,000 will be lost from the army, we have those 2 aircraft carriers, which only one can operate at a time, because we don't have the resources to do both, and not enough army vehicles as they ones we have are too old and we can't afford new ones.
As a nation we are in denial about our size and influence. Any one who dares point this out gets called 'Unpatriotic'.