Quote Originally Posted by Ash View Post
Theresa May vows to expand workers’ rights:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/pa/...-election.html

Excuse the DM link. I couldn't find this story in the Guardian, for some reason, and FT is paywalled.

The Graun did have this, though.
Are Tories the workers' party? Labour polling figures suggest they are.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics...ggest-they-are

Significantly, May seemingly pledges to retain worker protection legislation from the EU, which was basically Dear Old Jorge's favourite thing about the EU. Come back Jorge!

btw, I don't blame Corbyn for Labour's collapse in working class support, it goes back a lot further.
but as for the main point of your post - weren't they always to a some extent. Whenever the harridan/archangel Thatch is discussed there are always a load of salt of the earth working class treasures dragged out to say what a wonderful woman she was