If the Tory Party were a fridge, your food would all go rotten. If it were a car, it would break down. If it were your accountant, you’d be bankrupt. If it were your lawyer, you’d be in jail. In all cases, you’d have got rid of it long ago and found a replacement. But for some reason political parties are allowed to fail in a way nobody else is. Why? Because of tribal loyalty. People often say, “If an Alsatian stood round here with a blue rosette, or in the seat next door with a red rosette, it would get elected.” Quite true. But that’s because the sort of people who say this would vote for that Alsatian. ~Peter Hitchens

Hitchens is absolutely right. He has more on blindly voting for “Alsatian” candidates here.