Not sure how I feel about Ross really but agree that the candidates aren't a brilliant selection and their campaign angle are weak.
But on your last sentence, again, if it really is about wanting change and being sick of the status quo as you and others say then there are parties who genuinely do offer that, with policies totally different to what we have in the mainstream now. But people who say that actually seem to be drawn to Reform, who's policies and interests are a more extreme version of the Conservatives and whose main campaigning point is small boats, just as it was with the Tories for the last few years of their time in power. It isn't really about change is it?