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Labour is no friend of the working classes

Labour is no friend of the working classes

The PM may be the son of a toolmaker, but he’s wedded to the worst ideas of our woke, green elites.

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Joanna Williams
Jul 17, 2024
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‘My dad was a toolmaker.’ So frequently did Keir Starmer repeat this line in the run-up to the UK General Election that, by the time of the Sky News debate in mid-June, mention of his dad’s job prompted laughter from the audience. Now that he’s prime minister, the phrase lives on as an oft-repeated social-media joke.

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