I didn't vote Conservative and I'm not thrilled that they have such a large majority or that they will plough ahead with their own Brexit agenda but I'm getting so pissed off with this idea that it is the North's fault.
Firstly, "the North" is not a homogeneous mass. It is more than one region, it has cities, rural areas, pockets of deprivation, pockets of affluence, and everything in between. And where is "the North"? What many people consider to be "the North" is still Southern to many other Northerners.
Secondly, plenty of people in "the North" did not vote Conservative. This rhetoric of "wow, thanks for that, you stupid Northerners" gives the impression that every single one of us voted for it. We didn't. As an example, in my constituency the Conservatives won by just 700 votes.
Lastly, stop fucking blaming us for all your woes. So what if the Conservatives won some Northern seats, it was actually the Midlands where the Conservatives won the most new votes yet it seems far easier to blame "thick" Northerners who had no idea what they were voting for.
It's a horrible attitude and unfortunately is indicative of how "the North" is viewed by many. All of us up here a racist whippet owners, putting in the hours down t'pit mining for factories or some shit like that before headed home to race pigeons and eat lard on a stick. When election time comes around we just jab our pencil at the piece of paper and hope we remember how to make an X because schoolin' ain't our strong point. No one here ever reads a manifesto or has an idea of what they want from their government, do they? 