Pasty-gate is a proxy for Tory angst about class, but class is a proxy for the anger of the Tory right
The madness of a Westminster village in full cry about David Cameron's poshness
By Bagehot
AS A rule of thumb, once the British political establishment is charging in a single direction, it is time to lope discreetly in another direction. For days now, the daily front pages have been crammed with devastating evidence that David Cameron, George Osborne and many of the government front bench are unusually rich and unusually posh, and spend some of their leisure time with party donors even richer (though rarely posher) than themselves.
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