Quote Originally Posted by chris lee View Post
Simple they do not represent the working class, have not for a long time.
I think that the label 'working class' is less easily defined and less meaningful than in the past though (when there were clearer demarkations between people in different socio-economic groups.)
I think that many people of my generation who were raised in a working class environment and left education even at sixteen are enjoying a lifestyle that was previously associated with the middle class.
For my part, I'm not a great fan of shoe-horning human beings into distinct categories (when a spectrum describes the situation better).
It's interesting and probably germane that American politicians do their best to appeal to the US version of the 'middle class', which seems to be more akin to the average Joe economically-speaking rather than the traditional British version of the middle class.
And it seems to be the middle ground voter without a deep and historical link with either party decides British elections.