Given its source, the article is presumably written by the same "Social Liberals and the Educated" types that it says are unable to "identify with lack of opportunities, the low paid, downtrodden"?
so to deal with a bully you became a bully.
Jeremy Corbyn became leader of the Labour Party in September 2015, taking over from Ed Miliband.
That linked article is based on 'new' research carried out in 2015 when Ed was still the leader of Labour so is somewhat out of date - the political balance has swung a bit to the left since those days.
There are dozens of links all saying the same Alan, here's another.
Does the working class need to ask for its Labour Party back?
The Copeland test: Labour’s core vote – Theo Bertram – Medium
Definite downward long term trend, I'm not buying the fact Corbyn reversed this trend by promising students and single mums free education, housing and trains. No chance.
Quite a reflective discussion. Austerity fatigue, very true. Scruton nails the capturing of the youth vote via social media, something the Labour Party utilised very successfully.
The public's choice of political party is no longer significantly delineated along social-class lines.
The political divide is far more indicated by age and education.
Between the Tory party and Labour, age is the most significant factor by far.
With Education levels, the largest differential between no qualifications and a degree is seen in Lib Dem voters. The increase in voters from those with no qualfications to those with a degree is 340% for the Lib Dems, closely followed by UKIP which sees the inverse happening with over a 75% loss from the least to the most educated.
Change in party vote share between youngest to oldest voters:
UKIP450% (4.5 x more likely to vote for from 2% to 9% of total vote share)
Tories328% (3.28 x more likely to vote for from 21% to 69% of total vote share)
Lib Dem -42% (1.38 x less likely to vote for from 19% to 11% of total vote share)
Labour -88% (4 x less likely to vote for from 42% to 5% of total vote share)
Change party in vote share between least to most educated voters:
Lib Dem340% (3.4 x more likely to vote for from 5% to 19% of total vote share)
Labour155% (1.55 x more likely to vote for from 18% to 28% of total vote share)
Tories -32% (2.125 x less likely to vote for from 53% to 36% of total vote share)
UKIP -75% (3 x less likely to vote for from 17% to 4% of total vote share)
If it's OK I'll just bumble along without worrying about what my neighbours are voting...
I'm not sure I even need to comment on this....
Labour hails £42bn-a-year plan to hand out free housing | Daily Mail Online
Other than I'm disappointed no free kindles.
It's not for you or I to worry about so much as for the parties themselves (and those that take an interest in such things), their polices and who they are aimed at winning votes and extending those that they represent/reach while still maintaining their core principles.
A menu with every labour membership, steak and chips paid for by the tax payer.data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7 That article is frightening..