Ferchi

Then the party must decide who it is appealing to: Mr Miliband talks about One Nation while at the same time his advisers admit that they are going for a core vote (35 per cent) strategy. Assuming that the One Nation thing is rhetorical tosh, who is the core vote now? Is it the old blue-collar working class? Well, we know that they are among the most enthusiastic supporters of welfare reform and a clampdown on immigration. Ethnic minorities are overwhelmingly Labour-voting, at least in the first generation, but their attitudes towards gay rights and feminism are often not consistent with Labours strongly held positions.