The 2019 UK General Election and the Modern Class Cleavage
Written by: Kieran Hurwood
In the 2019 UK General Election, a seismic shift towards the Conservatives took place. Despite having made strong seat gains in 2017, Labour lost 60 seats (54 to Conservatives), many of which were formerly Labour safe seats along the northern English ‘Red Wall’ (BBC, 2019). Journalists and media commentators have since – in my view – […]