The real work of the working class
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Labour’s problem is the numbers. In 1974, 65 per cent of the British electorate were working class (C2DE) and the remaining 35 per cent upper and middle (ABC1). In that year’s October general election, over 50 per cent of the working class voted Labour, against 19 per cent of the better off. By 2024, C2DEs made up around 43 per cent of the population, and only about a third of them voted Labour, whereas the middle and upper class accounted for 57 per cent – of whom 36 per cent were Labour voters
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