//i have friends who voted Labour, they are totally misguided in their faithfulness, yet they live a very very comfortable Middle Class lifestyle...//
A great mystery which I, too, have been unable to fathom.
I understand the wealthy "virtue" voters - often Thespians, the likes of Emma Thompson and Hugh Grant spring to mind. Whatever the government of the UK does is unlikely to have much of an effect on them. They have wealth managers who salt away their dosh, safe from the prying eyes and grabbing hands of the taxman. Supporting Labour makes them feel good and enhances their image in the eyes of the great unwashed. But I cannot understand genuine middle class people - those who are comfortably off courtesy of their hard work and efforts to earn a decent crust and support themselves. I have a friend who owns two properties worth probably £2.5m in total. He rebelled against his Tory parents, went to Uni, worked hard at a good job all his life, was never filthy rich but was always comfortable. But still he supports Labour and indeed sees the Tories as the Devil Incarnate. Very mystifying.