The Labour Party no longer represents the working class and resembles a gathering of middle-class elitists - GP Taylor

So close do the two parties suck up to WEF that I wasn’t shocked when Keir Starmer admitted on television that he would rather be at WEF than in parliament. Globalism is more important than nationalism for many politicians. Like their policies, Labour is becoming distant from the people they once represented.

Gone is the divide of yesterday when support for Labour was solidly working class. Now it looks like the red flag that once flew over the party has become a faint shade of purple as red and blue combine. Goodbye to comrades and hello to stakeholders and end users.

No longer does the Labour Party represent the working class. In fact, it is as if those at the helm look down upon the workers as useful idiots to be wheeled out to vote when needed. They do not understand that their policies dreamt up in the ivory towers of Davos, and Notting Hill will cripple the working class in this country. Labour is now a gathering of middle-class elitists, out of touch with ordinary people, especially those who live in the North. I could never imagine Keir Hardie, the founder of the party agreeing with the punitive policies of Keir Starmer.

It was only after Labour failed to win Uxbridge, that Starmer dropped plans to roll out ultra-low emission zones across the country. I am sure that if they get into power, this policy will be soon back on the table. Like Sunak, Starmer will not hold a referendum on net zero.

Craig Mackinlay, the chair of the Net Zero Scrutiny Group, told the Telegraph: “This is a wake-up call to warn politicians against anti-motorist policies across the entire country.”

Such a policy would have hit the working class harder than anyone. It is unfair to pile more hidden taxes on the people struggling to make ends meet.

Labour has no political integrity.

It is disgraceful that Starmer went back on the manifesto promise to put rail, mail, water and energy back in common ownership.

Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves insisted Labour's 2019 manifesto no longer fitted with the party's 'fiscal rules' and had been 'scrapped'.

She vowed Labour would not be 'spending billions of pounds on nationalising things' if the party came to power.

What a shambles. Nationalisation is at the heart of socialism and would have meant cheaper energy for all. The doom merchants are wrong in saying public ownership doesn’t work. We no longer live in the 1970s.

If French owned energy companies can make a profit at the expense of British bill payers, then a government-controlled company could deliver the same service at a cheaper price.

Nationalisation is the backbone of worker supportive policies. A large survey stated that 66 per cent of the public want to see energy in public ownership, including 62 per cent of Conservative voters.

The cost of living scandal demands immediate action. The working class in this country see wages eroded as their bosses take home higher and higher bonuses. Labour appears to do nothing.

I believe the Labour Party just wants to be in power for the sake of power. They will change their policies to get as many votes as they can. Socialism is something they have long forgotten. It is a distant ideal of the proud working class, the working class they now look down on.

If Keir Starmer took power tomorrow, we would see very little difference between him and Sunak. The small boats would not be stopped – they would be encouraged. We must never forget that it was Tony Blair who opened our borders to mass economic migration. An Ipsos poll said that 52 per cent thought not enough was being done to stop channel migrants.

What Blair then and Starmer now, do not understand is that migrant labour is not good for Britain and keeps the wages of indigenous workers low. Cheap labour may be good for the globalists who want low paid staff, but it is not good for the working women and men of Yorkshire.

Low pay encourages people not to work and stay on benefits.

Labour was once the party for ordinary working people. That appears to be long gone and I fear it will never be so ever again. The chasm between old and new Labour is vast. The party that brought us free medical care is no more.

GP Taylor is a writer and broadcaster who lives in Yorkshire.