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Essex man is yesterday’s man. It’s now Workington man that the stories are targeting. 50’s, leave voting, non-university educated, former Labour Party member/supporter from the north. I even heard call the target downs called ‘the rugby league towns’.
I presume this is the group they have most identified as likely to vote for Farage and the Brexit party.
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johnson strategy is just the nick timothy strategy on steroids i.e. "maximise the white vote." they're not going to win back voters that supported cameron in 2010 and 15 so they're going to look for narrow wins in LAB-held marginals in the midlands, wales and the north - places with fewer graduates, remain voters or ethnic minorities than average.
as I said on the other thread: (1) don't think you can win a majority w/this; and, (2) the labour leadership are too canny for this - they will meet this trump-lite culture war nonsense with class politics + a better retail offer.
similarly not convinced we will have this long mooted 'parliament Vs people election'. matt hancock was already on today this morning prosecuting this line and it came across as paper thin, particularly given that parliament actually voted for the WAB at second reading.