Collecting the votes of the discontented

The votes of the poor and the working class have traditionally been Labour's, but the party's drift to the centre seems to be leaving that base behind

It's election year and there's a cost-of-living crisis, but the traditional party of the struggling worker has moved to the middle and can't promise a rescue for the poor

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