Across the pond

All of the British media, not just the right wing majority, pandered to fears that Britain that the British working class would demonstrate it’s supposed rascism, by voting for the BNP and UKIP.

They could not have proved more wrong.

Margaret Hodge, fighting a constituency, which was was considered such rich territorry for the rascists, with an immigrant probleem on top of serious economic problems arising from the decline of traditional industries, scored one of the most notable triumphs of 6 May 2010.

Her constituency was considered such fertile ground for the BNP, that their leader stood against her. She demolished him. Not only that the effect of her campaign vanquished the BNP gains in the local elections.

The fears of the Oxbridge toffs, both left wing and right wing, who write the articles in the mainstream media were proved unjustified.

Were proved plain wrong.

Many midland seats, including Wolverhampton South West, from which Enoch Powell, made his famous ‘rivers of blood’ speech, which is still remembered by the Oxbridge toffs. And by me, because my first experience of politics was canvassing for Powell in the 1950 election.

When immigration was not an issue in Wolverhampton, because the solitary ethnics were the Chinese laundry, whose child was in my class at school.

Powell pandered to working class fears, when mostly West Indian immigrants came to the Midlands to do the dirty jobs is the prosperous Midland industries, mostly linked to motor cars, whose profited when Harold Macmillan took over from the Labour postwar governments, and ushered us into the joys of US consumer capitalism.

Fast forward to 2010, when the people in my home townn, enjoy curry. Unlike my family who complainend of the smells ushering from the houses of their new neighbours.

The midlands these days is worrided by the lack of jobs, which afflicts the blacks and browns as well as the whites.

They don’t feel any gratitide for Blair or Brown, who have have been cosy cosy with the City and the bankers and the Murdoch empire.

These days the cars are made eastwards, in China and Taiwan. And the money was made to fuel the Blair/Brown prosperity by the men in suits in the City of London.

Who screwed up.

This time around they have voted for Cameron, not Brown.

Not because of the immigrant hordes in their streets. With whom they have mostly become friendly.

But because Blair and Brown have done nothing for them.