Quote Originally Posted by Luis Anaconda View Post
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
I expect that many former miners would not agree, but yes, there was an appeal for some on the aspirational side of things. That was one decade, though. Over a longer period of history it would be safer to say that Labour were the workers' party.