it makes a lot of difference.
i guess you just have to be in the right places to see the difference.

my wife became disabled out of the blue when she was 26.
the tories do people down at the bottom of society. the labour party - less so.

even when they spend money on a public service - the tories find some way of looting the system, and diverting money away from the frontline - in this way they take care of their backers. fund holding gp's and the national curriculum in schools were great examples of this.

most of my life i have voted for thoroughly decent men... Foot, KInnock, Brown...and now Corbyn. and only Wilson and Blair have had the venality to embrace the realities of the English political system and make it work for the poor people.

that's why i feel nothing but contempt for the forces within the labour party that go on about blairite scum. they are intent on abandoning the poor to the tender mercies of the tories - just for the satisfaction of playing mr. nice guy - offering largesse to everyone in the firm belief that none of their cheques will be cashed, none of their promises held to account.

The present tory policies are some of the most noxious right crap ever to be offered to the electorate. However they have an ace in the hole. A presentable leader.