Polls show they’re more in favour of lower taxes than professionals and believe that much of Government spending is wasted.
Simply put: the party needs to “prove” it has cut to the bone to justify existing or higher taxes.
David Skelton catalogues the snobbish abuse heaped by progressive intellectuals on workers in neglected towns.
The fourth part of a series on ConHome this week about the politics of race and ethnicity in Britain today.
We need a multi-racial working-class conservatism that tackles discrimination – and prioritises removing the barriers that prevent people advancing.
Starmer could show he understands the priorities of working class voters by spending more on universities and backing an English Parliament.
It’s partnered with a Blackburn-based educational trust responsible for the running of 30 free schools and academies.
The problem is that spiralling spending demands quickly use up the options which voters don’t notice. Eventually you need other big sources of revenue,
Labour isn’t focused on the second, preferring to blame others for problems, and too many of its activists aren’t the first, either.
The calling-in of a planning application to open a coalmine at Whitehaven suggests prioritising green optics over Northern livelihoods.
There is no reason a green agenda can’t be a winner in the Red Wall, but not if it’s just the usual bundle of middle-class concerns.
There is deprivation and lower educational attainment in the southern new towns, coastal communities, inner cities and rural coldspots.
Stateside narratives have a tendency to be imported into UK politics – one of the knock-on effects of this messy Presidential election outcome.
If they can’t make a real impact on the lives of working class voters in provincial seats, Johnson will meet the same electoral fate as Trump.
A student-led group called LSE Class War has voiced its desire to abolish HayekSoc.