David Maddox: Looking for Middle Britain
As we get closer to a General Election there is again much talk of the target vote, the sort of people who will sway the result.Tony Blair famously made a great play for Middle England which was packed full of Mondeo men (pictured) and Daily Mail reading Worcester women, even though, according to the BBC, its spiritual home was Tunbridge Wells in Kent.
It now looks as though that particular constituency has lost patience with devalued house prices, rock bottom shares and more expensive family holidays and gone off in a huff to support David Cameron and the Tories.
But apparently, according to some reports, the Conservatives are now aiming for Miss Staffroom. The young female middle class public sector/ teacher type of voter.
However, one interesting view of what Middle Britain should be has been put out by the TUC today which shows that the average person's income is much lower than most people might think and well below the middle class ideal.
See where you rate on the scale - 50 per cent is Middle Britain, below that is below average and, obviously, above that is above average. Click on this link.
Labels: David Maddox, general election, Middle Britain, Middle England, Miss staffroom, Mondeo man, target voters, TUC, Worcester woman
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3 Comments:
So where did the Steamie hacks end up on the scale then? Seeing as you are all apparently representatives of the proletarian taxpayers outraged at politician's expenses?
Mighty, are you really suggesting that they should be defending our MPs instead, assuming that their income is greater than average?
Many of the journalists posting opinion pieces disguised as news articles - especially those on the BBC, who are also funded by the taxpayer - are paid considerably more than most MPs, and are never held accountable for their expenses.
Newspapers like the Scotsman don't seem to mind accepting advertising revenue from the Government ("our money") to help fund their salaries and expenses. As a taxpayer I'd like to know what liquid lunches and taxis round Edinburgh this money is funding, before having to read faux outrage from reporters masquerading as paragons of the working class.
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