I think you are making excuses for their human inadequacies which comfortably cross the political divide.
Politicians are human with many (or most) of the frailties which beset the rest of us - greed, ambition, envy etc etc. To be elected they play upon emotions - fear, anger, envy, aspiration. It needs to seem driven by decency and concern - in reality it is the way elections are won.
In 2019 the Tories won 44% of the vote and Labour 32%. The Tories cannot all be "privileged toffs" - there simply aren't enough private schools! Even if the vote were segmented only by income levels (it isn't), Tory voters would include mostly very average income earners.
I would neither defend JRM, nor criticise the behaviour of the opposition - simply reflecting on a general political hypocrisy. Assuming political rhetoric is largely detached from reality, either the electorate are stupid to believe it, or they are able to separate fact from fiction.
We enjoy a democracy in which we can change our political leaders at least every 5 years. After 12 years in power the Tories have an extensive back catalogue of failure - an incoming opposition will have no baggage to drag behind them.
For a few years will happily blame their predecessors - as did the Tories blaming (justifiably or otherwise) incompetent financial management of the previous labour government.
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