Frankly I've never in my life had a hero or admired a celebrity so I've never followed any old man in politics or voted for a personality.

I always vote tactically to benefit my own interests or create the society I want to live in. Of course politicans lie so you might not get the policies you were promised but that is why I always investigate the actual individuals I'm voting for as well as the party so I know if the people at the top screw up I still have someone half sensible I helped get onto a position to buffer that.

Last general election we had a Labour candidate who was a woke yes-woman paracuted in from the nearest urban sprawl or a tory Nigerian dad who's ideal way to run the country was as a strict religions Nigerian household. So of course I voted for the latter. Then he's ended up in the business department of government and has been pushing for small businesses to get grants and cheep loans then pushing for lockdown to be lifted. The government was a shit show but he was a good choice.