Labour supporters tend to be poor? Methinks Kier Hardy might just about agree with that, but very few others... Roy Jenkins knew more about claret than a pint of cookin'. Harold Wilson was an economist from proud LSE type tradition. Robert Maxwell propped them up when the unions embarrassed them. Tony Bliar only wore a flat cap when grouse beating as a teenager, and Lord Stansgate has been mentioned on this thread previously, (defended by me for a change.)

As we are in the realm of mythical statistics, let's bring a few mythical figures into it. Alf Garnett was a working class Tory, made believable by both the magic of Johnny Speight and the simple reason that he was in many ways very typical.

I could rattle on forever, and in the final analysis, yes Richard, there are more "rich" members of the conservative party than "rich" members of the Labour party. But two things to ponder on;

1. The gap is blurring and most people under 30 wouldn't see Labour as the crusading party of social justice. They had Bliar as PM when they developed their social conscience.

2. People are not the sheep they used to be. More people are, (about time too) thinking before voting. Less people align themselves on the political pendulum. This is why no party had an overall majority, as traditional voting is becoming less popular.

I reckon that is all good, I really do. It makes a petition against tax dodging on the basis of your political persuasion about as relevant as a Prime Minister standing on an airstrip in Croydon waving a piece of paper.


Oh, and one more thing. As the OP (getting used to these abbreviations now, I must be getting sad...) has stated in an earlier thread that somebody with a rifle overlooking the Palace of Westminster is a good idea... You seem to share views with the aforementioned fictional Alf Garnett. He put it more eloquently though. "If you want to achieve true democracy, you have to be prepared to shoot a few people."