ANDREW PIERCE: Focus groups of floating voters in Red Wall constituencies, conducted by think tank More In Common, reveal Sir Keir Starmer is seen as 'posh' and 'out of touch' because of his knighthood.
Desperate to convince voters he, too, is a horny-handed son of toil, rather than a privileged member of the metropolitan elite, Sir Keir Starmer used his party conference speech to emphasise his 'working class' roots.But focus groups of floating voters in Red Wall constituencies, conducted by the think tank More In Common, reveal Starmer is seen as 'posh' and 'out of touch' because of his knighthood which he received in 2014 when Director of Public Prosecutions.
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