working class

Debates about flags are not just raging in Scotland's big cities and working class towns.

“But again, the freeways are fundamental structures that divided the city and created all kinds of underclasses, which really affected lots of people of color and lots of people who were working class.”

The speech had been billed as an attempt to define what he stands for - and he spoke about his working class background and plans for "national renewal".

One backbench MP from the North East told me that those in Downing Street advising the PM "don't get it" - and don't represent "white, working class council estates" with voters that worry about immigration.

"We can reclaim the mantle that was once ours and can be again: we will be the party of the working class," she said – an acknowledgement that, right now at least, they are not.