'Labour lost touch with what the working classes felt and thought'

T'S OFFICIAL - Labour is no longer the party of the working classes.

- Sam Lister

Polling shows Labour has a big lead when it comes to hoovering up the votes of people who went to private school. Anyone who takes an interest in politics will have suspected this for some time, but More in Common has done the research and the results are fascinating.

It looked at voting intention by school type and adults who went to private school by far favour Labour more than any other party. Some 38% of respondents whose education was paid for said they would pick Keir Starmer if there was a general election tomorrow.

Quite a way behind on 25% was Reform, with the Tories in third on 17% and the Liberal Democrats on 14%. Switch it to voters who went to state schools and Reform are way out in the lead on 33%, with Labour in second on 20%, the Conservatives on 17% and Lib Dems on 13%.

It's quite something for the Labour Party to have transformed so dramatically from a movement for ordinary people to be streets ahead with those who were kept away from the masses during their childhoods.

On the party's own website, it says Labour has "always been about people", adding: "It was formed to give working people a voice and has sought power in order to improve their lives.