Quote: LeighGionaire "Scotland's rejection of U.K pro-austerity parties shows that the working classes want a turn to the LEFT. Unfortunately Labour sold their souls to the City of London and the banksters in charge years ago and they cannot see that pandering to these financial fraudsters is slowly killing the country.'"
Not true. The failed independence vote sealed the fate of Scotland, and it amazes me anyone expressed surprise at the GE results. Almost without fail, nationalist Scots flocked to the SNP banner - or at least enough to guarantee seats. A cursory glance at social media told me that much, and many Scots I know joined the SNP - including right-wingers, despite their core values. It was less Nicola Sturgeon than it was Mel Gibson.
Similarly with much of English working class Labour vote. Don't mistake the old traditional died-in-the-wool Labour vote with left-leaning beliefs. That loyalty lingers thanks to decades of the unions and a laudable yet slightly illogical loyalty to the family vote. Most of the working class I know care little for leftist policies, they want plenty of work at a decent wage, immigrants out, terrorists dead, paedos castrated and cheap beer and fags. The union loyalty is dying out and UKIP are the only party saying what they're thinking.
I've said it many times. You could drink in a working men's club or pub and hear conversations that would make Nick Griffin whince, yet those same men would go out and vote Labour. Union/family loyalty, nothing more.