What makes you think this is entirely down to them (other than the usual eating-your-first-born tropes)? This stuff came to fruition under Labour - as I'm sure you'll acknowledge. Why not look at what both governments had in common? I'd be surprised if it wasn't found to be Home Office mandarins driving the agenda.

I feel the odds are against Labour party although they have the best policies.

The odds are controlled by media bias and collective rhetoric. So much so I noticed some phrases created by newspapers and later repeated by the PM herself.

I'll be voting for the party with the best policies, I have not forgotten that the current PM has championed snoopers charters.

The care for privacy the tech community has is a minority and edge case. Beyond HN the world doesn't really consider the relationship between a political party and privacy laws.

"Or, you know, annihilate the Tories"

That's difficult in a country with largely billionaire-run or staunchly establishment-friendly media.

They may not like all the policies of the Tories but the alternative poses something of an existential threat to their overwhelming wealth.