Fair enough, but if Labour doesn't get your vote then (and its not clear from your comments what they would have to do to get your vote) it sounds like you may not be voting for anybody...... who actually has a chance of winning overall (that is if you are ruling out the Tories).
I suppose you may have a local candidate who is a good constituency MP and it would not matter what the candidates politics are, you would vote for them. That's your right of course, but for the uncommitted, Labour offers not only the option of 'not being Tory' and of course 'a change is as good as a rest' (my old mum use to say), but also realistically they are the only party with a strong enough potential majority to move the dial in favour of ordinary folk; who after 14 years of Tory rule, desperately need a government that will represent the needs of the majority and not the elite, or the ones that can shout the loudest.
I can appreciate (considering potentially) voting for a party for three consecutive terms, is a bit of a stretch, given the situation the country finds itself in just now. However, realistically an initial 5 years tenure might be something in which a dynamic government could be successful in overcoming the inertia that now seems to grip the country, almost in every facet of our existence; but to make a real difference, to move the dial etc.....starting from where we are now, will take at least 15 years (3 terms).
On a purely personal level, my advice to voters at the next GE would be not to vote on a one term basis only, but to look realistically at whether;
a) the party you are supporting or likely to support, can keep going beyond one term, stamina, will, commitment,
b) does it have the kind of people in post, who can stay the course, i.e. beyond 1 term, possibly up to 3,
c) does its leader, really lead or is there someone else /group in the shadows pulling the strings,
d) is there some one else waiting in the wings for the incumbent to fall from grace,
e) is what is being proposed over the 3 terms work for the majority of ordinary people, e.g. does it contain aims and objectives for improving; health, education, housing and employment and training opportunities?
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