"It's not the Tories wot won it ; it's the opposition wot lost it".

As predicted the Tories won the general election. They didn't need a "guru" to win it for them, they just needed Corbyn and Swinson to lose it. And, they lost it big time. Allowing the governing party to hold a general election was naive and stupid. No wonder countries fail when we have politicians who have taken leave of their senses.

The same people who ran the "Remain" referendum campaign, and failed, organised the opposition to the Tory government. It is correct to say that working class "Leave" voters were treated with disdain and arrogance and they switched their votes in droves to the Conservatives.

I was brought up in a working class family and I think I know how the working class think. They do not want state handouts. They want secure employment which pays them enough to allow them to bring up their families without the need for benefits. They want decent housing without out being pushed from one tenancy to another. They want the opportunity to buy their own house. They want decent schools and above all a decent health service . And, they want this for their children. The working class want exactly the same things as the middle class. They don't particularly want riches but they want a fair crack of the whip. They want the dignity that has been afforded to the middle classes in the affluent South of England.

Successive governments have failed them and above all the Labour party. Wealth has been taken away from them and it has been passed to the rich. Wealth has not cascaded down as Margaret Thatcher promised, it has been sucked up under successive Labour, Conservative and Coalition governments.

None of Britain's social problems can be blamed on the EU; they are all home made. In Germany both the Social Democrats and Christian Democrats have looked after the ordinary citizen far better than British politicians have. The Germans have learnt to apply "real politics" to their social agenda rather than ultra- liberal or socialist ideology.

Lets face it, many working class people are xenophobes just like many middle class people are. It has been easy to blame foreigners and immigration for our predicament rather poor government policy. The working classes have a generosity of spirit and it is rather easy to reason with them that resentment of others is no good: of course, this generosity of spirit is given more freely when you are not being trodden on.

What are the working classes going to get from the Tory government? They have been promised equality of opportunity but just that. But what happens if poor housing and education and poverty prevent  you from exploiting your new found opportunities? You will be left on the scrap heap, just as you were before.

To leave the EU without a deal, which closely resembles what we have got now, will leave Britain poorer and with less tax revenue to improve the lives of the left behind. A trade deal with the US will not compensate for what we are losing, and Britain might have to sell the NHS to large US Corporations. Watch out.

The Conservatives have promised a lot to the disadvantaged but this means redistributing the wealth; large Corporations and the middle classes might come to resent this. So watch out again.

Divisions in  Northern Ireland and Scotland could lead to political and economic instability and who would suffer the most? You've guessed it.

Forty years in the EU has contributed to British economic success but the fruits of that success have not been distributed equitably. The EU has contributed to peace in Northern Ireland. What will happen when all this is taken away?

Most people, including those in the working class, will probably live to regret what will be taken away from them. Freedom of movement of labour may have been a small price to pay for continued social cohesion and economic development. So be it.