The Ghost of '99 wrote:
And a not insignificant reason I'm voting Labour for the first time is because all too often in the past couple of years those on the right ignore the issues to question the patriotism of those who are against them. it's lazy and intellectually pathetic but it's also dangerous,. People can hate the state of the country without hating the country and I can't justify doing anything other than do my best to see them out of power.
A not insignificant reason I will not vote left for the foreseeable future is because all too often over the past couple of decades those on the left ignore the issues to hurl abuse at those who question them.
People can question issues such as rapid mass immigration and enforced multiculturalism, and point out the resulting social & cultural frictions and not be racist or xenophobic.
It's lazy and it's intellectually pathetic. Probably why we see it in droves on here.