I think I fall in the same category as @Danny, but some of the voting intention figures these day show the Tories are absolutely slaughtered through their own doing. Trust in government must have been a big thing because since all these breaches have been made public, those figures have plummeted. While that's only voting intention and not fully indicative of what may actually happen at an election, I have slightly more faith for the next one because of how much trust has been lost in the current government.
Also agree with @RondónEFC - while I like Starmer, I agree he's not got that big a pull to be the PM in a lot of people's eyes. But he's getting there. I think the big point to make is for a long time anyone defending Tories would state 'yeah but if it wasn't us, you'd have Starmer in charge'. Before that it was Corbyn. These days, though, Starmer actually represents a sensible alternative - he's not perfect by any means but he is starting to show that he can be a reasonable choice if the Tories weren't in power.
As they say though, it's the hope that kills you