Why does Labour loathe ordinary people?

The jaw-dropping contempt dripping from the reply suggested by Labour’s sacked health minister Andrew Gwynne to a 72-year-old lady in Manchester who had complained about her bin collections may seem shocking but is scarcely surprising. In a WhatsApp chat with Labour councillors, Gwynne proposed to respond with: ‘Dear resident, F*** your bins. I’m re-elected and without your vote. Screw you. PS: Hopefully you’ll have croaked it by the all-outs.’ This is entirely symptomatic of the way that ‘the people’s party’ now regard those who elect them.

The ‘let them eat cake’ attitude by Labour’s finest towards ordinary voters first came to widespread public attention during the 2010 general election. It was then that Gordon Brown had his notorious encounter with another disgruntled northern pensioner who had dared to raise her concerns about immigration with the prime minister. Forgetting that the microphone in his lapel was still live, Brown branded the woman a ‘bigot’ – a publicly broadcast insult that may have cost him the election.