Most ‘ordinary’ people are left leaning, but somehow they get duped to vote for the party that ends up benefiting the rich few.
I suspect many take the view that although they are left leaning, Labour are a bunch of incompetant fools with very little difference between them and the Tory’s following their New Labour lurch to the centre.
So if they are going to be governed by a bunch of idiots then its probably a better having a bunch of idiots who will piss less of our money up the wall.
I think this country is crying out for a competant, compelling, left of centre party that will offer a real choice. Less of the “don’t worry the rich will pay” retoric bullshit spouted by the current Labour party and more of a “If we all pay more into the public sector then we will all get more out of it and this will be a nicer, happier place to live”.
The differences between Scandinavia and here are much more fundamental than just a more lefty approach to tax and spending. For example their tax regime could probably be called less progressive than ours, low earners certainly pay a higher percentage than we do and their tax free threshold is lower, VAT is also higher and there isn’t a zero rating.