Anyone over the age of 40 can scarcely help comparing this election, or the state of our two main parties, with those of the past. Though in 2024 it seems a choice between dumb and dumber (or grey and greyer), this wasn’t always the case.
The government of Blair, Brown, Prescott and Cook seem like a supergroup compared to the current front bench
The first election I could vote in was in 1992, and back then there was a clear difference.
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