How much more Austerity can we take?

We’ve already endured 14 years of brutal austerity. Severe cuts to public services, benefits, NHS education etc. Now Starmer & Reeves have forced on us another 5 years of severe austerity totally 19 years. In addition to scrapping winter fuel allowance for most elderly, there are severe cuts to welfare, plans to scrap disability benefits, NHS, education etc and many other public services. When will this ever end? It certainly will not win labour the next election because people have had more than enough, they will have alienated most of their traditional voters many of whom are already flocking to Reform UK. It’s inevitable that we will get a Tory Reform UK coalition in 5 years who will also impose a massive austerity program but on an ideological basis.

I'm still struggling to blame Labour for all this, they were always going to have to make genuinely unpopular choices, although some of those choices might simply suck. Likewise I don't see any of this driving any logical voter back to the Tories since the dust of their chaos hasn't even settled.

I think Reform are the only sensible party that will genuinely help get this country back to the great country it was.

I think Reform are the only sensible party that will genuinely help get this country back to the great country it was.

Labour have already lost the next election with lies after lies. Incredible, wolfs in sheep's clothing; we should all give the greens a chance or at the very least the Lib Dems.

The Greens and Lib Dems were both rubbish when in power.

So are the Tories and so far, Labour! Maybe being in power is hard because everyone has higher expectations than you can deliver and you can never please everyone.
Under a Tory government, the Lib Dems gave us free school meals for KS1, tax free savings and moved the tax free threshold from £4k to around £10k. They also gave us a vote on voting reform which ironically was being talked up again a lot before the last election. In that same period, the Tories gave us Brexit and look at the car crash that was.

Tax free savings...?
The personal allowance was £6,475 in FY10/11, £10,600 in FY15/16.
The Lib Dems gave us £9k tuition fees too.
Brexit was after that period, following the 2015 General Election and the collapse in Lib Dem seats.

The Lib Dems didn't give 9.5k tuition fees. That was the Tories. It was a compromise the Lib Dems had to make for their referendum on AV. I take your point regarding £6k to 10k personal limit. Still better than a kick in the teeth and both of my kids benefitted from their free school meals policy.
If you think of the sh1t show the Tories have rained down on us over the last 14 years, I don't think it is fair to blame the Lib Dems for the small positive changes they did make that actually had an impact. I know someone who did a thesis on Michael Gove's education reforms. He concluded it had absolutely no impact on outcomes whatsoever. The only measurable difference was in teacher recruitment and retainment which is at dire levels. Sums up the Tories all over really.

I might've got my facts wrong but:

What was your point on tax free savings? That wasn't mentioned in their 2010 manifesto, so what did the Lib Dems do?

The Lib Dems went into the 2010 election on the promise of abolishing tuition fees completely. They had to compromise on that point to as they moved into coalition in return for being given a referendum on the Alternative Vote. They never proposed the introduction of fees. That was a Tory policy. However, they took the hit for it because of the fact they were seen by some as having sold out. It was classic Tory politicking skulduggery. The Lib Dems were the fall guys for an unpopular Tory policy. In a way it was genius from a Tory perspective.

Given the UK’s voting history I can confidently say that they’ll put up with an absolute shower for at least 12 years before getting fed up.

Blitz Spirit! We can go for 15!

Those WWII “Dig for victory!” poster designs are just sitting there.

I'm still struggling to blame Labour for all this, they were always going to have to make genuinely unpopular choices, although some of those choices might simply suck. Likewise I don't see any of this driving any logical voter back to the Tories since the dust of their chaos hasn't even settled.