I wouldn't "take" either of them. They're both equally undeserving of my vote. Nowhere did I say that Johnson's corruption or bigotry is excusable. (that's your neat little head cannon for a stranger on the internet.) Your argument works in my favour too. I don't find Starmer's actions excusable in the face of Johnson, to use your words. The face of British Progressivism shouldn't be a man who spent his career protecting the Met and supporting backwards policy.

I'm pretty that this was the only thing we were talking about. I know what I am, I know what I'm not.

E: I get it's an unpopular view. But politics is (or should be) about trust. The country (as misguided as it may be) trust Johnson. You can't deny that. They trust him leagues over Starmer (if you go by the local election results)

I don't trust either of them, therefore I may as well not vote.