It does appear that theyre completely out of ideas and just milking (am I allowed to use that word, lobbyists?) their power to collect favors.

Starmer is a complete dead end though. Ever since he took over he's thoroughly destroyed the viability of the Labour party - possibly forever. The recent elections confirmed that.

So the Tories will probably still win, even though the majority will split themselves between a protest Lib dem vote, protest SNP vote or protest Labour vote.