The mistake Suzanne Moore makes in this article about class for the Guardian is in assuming that "working-class" equates a "collective" ideology (ie lefty to Labour supporting).
The working-class has always contained a very substantial number of Tory voters.
The trade unions have always contained a very substantial number of Tory voters.
Mrs Thatcher's vast majorities in the 1980s would not have been possible without working class support.
Indeed, Margaret Thatcher is an example of a party being swept to power by the working class, exactly in the way that Suzanne Moore yearns for.
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/sep/11/what-happened-to-class-action
The working-class has always contained a very substantial number of Tory voters.
The trade unions have always contained a very substantial number of Tory voters.
Mrs Thatcher's vast majorities in the 1980s would not have been possible without working class support.
Indeed, Margaret Thatcher is an example of a party being swept to power by the working class, exactly in the way that Suzanne Moore yearns for.
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/sep/11/what-happened-to-class-action
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