tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27939552.post4692905775281490369..comments2023-11-02T07:54:22.317+00:00Comments on Unenlightened Commentary.: Labour's Core Vote Strategy.Rosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02263275229285861236noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27939552.post-3540508771891170162009-07-14T20:38:08.257+01:002009-07-14T20:38:08.257+01:00Yes. I met a few Labour voters in the Euros. I wou...Yes. I met a few Labour voters in the Euros. I would have flayed them alive if it weren't for the fact that I'm not very assertive in real life. They were certainly talking utter wank.asquithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14246701347539264295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27939552.post-6598598731807357282009-07-14T17:43:10.701+01:002009-07-14T17:43:10.701+01:00"I can't see why any working-class or poo...<i>"I can't see why any working-class or poor person would want to support Brown."</i><br /><br />There is a lot of electoral inertia, people vote for parties for no better reason than habit.Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02263275229285861236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27939552.post-81348434113726263492009-07-14T14:00:36.443+01:002009-07-14T14:00:36.443+01:00And also trying to blame Maggie for it all.And also trying to blame Maggie for it all.James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27939552.post-83736639349944167392009-07-14T13:19:42.693+01:002009-07-14T13:19:42.693+01:00Let us also show them all due respect & acknow...Let us also show them all due respect & acknowledge that a lot of them are doing just that.<br /><br />A lot of public sector workers, also, are turning against Labour. But others are loyal, & I think it's these sections of the middle class who are the real tribalists in this day & age.asquithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14246701347539264295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27939552.post-57643958568506212972009-07-14T13:18:27.815+01:002009-07-14T13:18:27.815+01:00I often hear right-wingers talking about Labour ap...I often hear right-wingers talking about Labour appealing to their core vote, but I can't see why any working-class or poor person would want to support Brown.<br /><br />They are taxed remoreselessly, if they are lucky enough to be in work, & pay indirect taxes anyway if not. If they are unemployed they are vilified in every imaginable way for being so, & restricted from trying to improve their lot in life through voluntary work, etc.<br /><br />They have essentially been held in place by the assertion that the Tories would be even worse for them, but that's not going to drive people out to put their x next to someone who's been in government for 12 years & delivered so little to the people it nominally represents.asquithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14246701347539264295noreply@blogger.com