Quote Originally Posted by chris lee View Post
No they do not, but my theory ( all be it a poor one) is that at least people know what they are getting with the torries, where as Labour tend to come across as very sanctimonious and it does not sit well with people, it makes them very unlikeable, where as it is easier to accept a knob when they do not pretend to be anything but.
Your reading of this explains what has happened in England, I think traditional Northern and Midlands working class voters and felt Labour had become inner-city type party and moved the UKIP ,Brexit and now Tories .

This is from This Week article :( interestingly Labour are now reported as popular in high incomes as it was in low income earners )



When Boris Johnson demolished the Red Wall at last year’s election, it was clear that the usual political rules had been upended.

Six months after the Conservatives*built a big majority*from formerly safe Labour seats, a new analysis from the*Joseph Rowntree Foundation*reveals just how much has changed.

“The Conservatives are now more popular among people on low incomes than they are among people on high incomes,” says the social policy think-tank.

Meanwhile, Labour is “just as popular among the wealthy as it is among those on low incomes”, the report continues. “Both parties have inverted their traditional support base.”