I think Christopher Hooten in his Independent article about UKIP is getting hold of the wrong end of the stick: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/ukip-blames-london-election-performance-on-difficulty-appealing-to-the-educated-and-cultured-9423200.html
When Suzanne Evans said the party had difficulty appealing to the "educated, cultured and young" it was not meant to be interpreted as a compliment to the left.
Although a Freudian slip, it is an elegant assessment of the culture war that New Labour largely won in the metropolitan capital in the years 1997 to 2010.
Educated in London means having a job in one of the professions all of which (outside financial services) demand obeisance to the ideology of political correctness - to a far greater degree than outside the metropolitan area.
Cultured in London means an adherence to a modernist elitist gnosticism - abstract, multi-layered, and self-congratulatory in its membership of an impenetrable and exclusive cult that disdains anything "popular".
Young in London - well we all know what the young demographic in London consists of, and why they tend to vote Labour.
There are of course many uneducated, uncultured (by the standards of the elite) and old people in London. These people are in fact close to being a majority if they can be organised. UKIP's challenge is to organise these people and give them a voice.
When Suzanne Evans said the party had difficulty appealing to the "educated, cultured and young" it was not meant to be interpreted as a compliment to the left.
Although a Freudian slip, it is an elegant assessment of the culture war that New Labour largely won in the metropolitan capital in the years 1997 to 2010.
Educated in London means having a job in one of the professions all of which (outside financial services) demand obeisance to the ideology of political correctness - to a far greater degree than outside the metropolitan area.
Cultured in London means an adherence to a modernist elitist gnosticism - abstract, multi-layered, and self-congratulatory in its membership of an impenetrable and exclusive cult that disdains anything "popular".
Young in London - well we all know what the young demographic in London consists of, and why they tend to vote Labour.
There are of course many uneducated, uncultured (by the standards of the elite) and old people in London. These people are in fact close to being a majority if they can be organised. UKIP's challenge is to organise these people and give them a voice.
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