The public is saying what no one in the Labour Party dares to admit. Just take a look at the commentary that has come out of Lord Ashcroft’s detailed research. The Conservative pollster has a sample of 10,000 voters and no fewer than 18 focus groups in which people’s concerns are laid bare. My God, it makes grim reading for Corbynistas and all the facilitators of their disastrous regime over the past few years. Labour is seen as ‘mostly for students, the unemployed and middle-class radicals’. It seems to ‘disdain…mainstream views’ and ‘disapprove of success’. The manifesto published at the end of last year? Pie in the sky. The party can’t be trusted on finance. It’s too left-wing. No priorities. No understanding of aspiration or prosperity. The report is particularly heartbreaking for those of us who warned consistently of the folly of pursuing a hard-left agenda with veteran losers like Corbyn and McDonnell. You’d think that after the catastrophic defeat on 12 th
Phil Woodford co-hosts Colourful Radio's weekly news review show from London. He previously stood on two occasions as a Labour Parliamentary candidate.