Not far to the North of us, polls show support for tory party grow from 25%-40%. Genuinely frightening. Voting for Brexit & (it suggests) May's tory party within a single year. Can't bond with Corbyn cos too London elite, used to vote for Mandelson & Blair (well known gritty North East working class archetypes). --- One woman, a middle-aged Aldi worker, says her Labour friends see Mrs May as “the new Maggie” – not meant as a compliment – but could go for her because "that’s what the country needs" right now. --- #Strong&Stable indeed. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/05/20/tories-eye-chance-bury-new-labour-support-surges-north-east/