The recent fuss about a 'class war' and whether or not Labour should pursue it as an election strategy is another example of how political activists, party supporters, jumped-up, self-regarding bloggers and the assorted ex-Trots who haunt the comments section of LibCon are unable to see the wood for the trees.

Are people concerned about 'class'? Do poll results show that bashing the toffs is popular with some of the electorate? Probably. But, so what? What effect will it all have on the outcome of the next election. Well, I'll tell you:

absolutely sweet fuck all! 

Like all recent elections, it will be floating voters who decide the outcome. And they won't be unemployed class warriors in safe Labour seats in the north-east. They will be people who vote on the basis of self-interest and they will be voting for the government they feel best supports that. They couldn't give a flying fuck whether the future prime minister was educated at Eton College or The Barbara Speake School of Stage and Drama.

And, as you can see from the image above, it's not exactly a new development. Yawn!