You don’t hear much about working class Tories in the press but they used to exist, my dad was one…

Even in the labour strongholds whilst friends were cueing up for soup during the miners strike, there were plenty of right wingers causing heated arguments in pubs and working men’s clubs across the Midlands and North.

Not anymore.

Turns out that the Tories missed a few lessons at Eton…

Being a clever question dodger wins the interviews but loses your trust.

Being logical wins the debate but loses the hearts of your audience to emotional nationalism.

Being politically correct is not as important as passionately believing in something.

So whether it’s up in North East Scotland with Salmond or down in Kent with Farrage, you can agree or disagree with their politics but there is certainly a different resonance to a man who believes in something.

It’s an old adage that “a man who stands for nothing will fall for anything”; the Westminster elite should take note and remember they are supposed to be leading a tribe.