ITV news interviewed voters in Hartlepool on why they voted Conservative.

Cuts in local authority services were blamed on the Labour council rather than 10 years of Tory austerity.

Etonian toff and Bullingdon club member Boris Johnson was described by a woman as probably more of a North East type of person so you could relate to him.

The Tories know if you cloak your policies in the Union Jack you can persuade the many to vote in favour of the few. They must wake up every morning shaking their heads at how they get away with it.