IT’S HARD, THOUGH, WHEN YOUR PARTY’S LEADERSHIP IS COMMITTED TO FEELING SUPERIOR TO ITS BEDROCK SUPPORTERS: ‘Labour will be in serious peril if it loses its working-class voters.’ “There could be between five or six million, possibly more, Labour voters who voted to Leave. The opinion polls show that 80 per cent of Labour Leavers are more loyal to the idea of the United Kingdom leaving the EU than they are to the Labour Party. They are mainly traditional, white, working-class voters. The Labour Party is in serious peril if it loses the people who have made up the bedrock of its support since the party was formed at the beginning of the 20th century.”

Related: When Rulers Despise The Ruled. “If the rulers feel neither loyalty nor empathy toward the ruled, the ruled can be expected to return the favor.”