I confused. Was there some text which went with that tweet which was “snobby”? Or is this type of house with a white van a symbol of something in England like if a Democrat sent out a picture of a shotgun toting hillbilly with a still and a caption “Mitch McConnell voter”?
“White van men” in England.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_van_man
Ran across this a while back. I guess it’s their equivalent of bitter clingers.
I confused. Was there some text which went with that tweet which was “snobby”? Or is this type of house with a white van a symbol of something in England like if a Democrat sent out a picture of a shotgun toting hillbilly with a still and a caption “Mitch McConnell voter”?
Its not entirely dissimilar. White van man is roughly synonymous with no nonsense working class men. The flag is hated by the Left here even more than by the Left in the States. It was silly of this politician to post the pic, and silly for her to have to resign. Though im fairly sure she was kinda pushed out.
Her having to resign probably says a lot about just how nervous the Labour Party are of losing even more working class voters. Of how out of touch they appear.
The Gruniad explains:
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/nov/21/emily-thornberry-resignation-explain-outside-britain
translation: council house = public housing project