Is Miliband posher than Cameron? And do we care?

Personality is not a reason to avoid voting for someone but I do wish politicians would not try to make out that they understand what it is like to struggle with poverty. There is no way that anyone can envisage the desperation of those who cannot provide for their families, who don't know how to survive another day and who have lost any self-esteem that they might have once had. I have in the past gone without food so that my children could eat and I now volunteer in a foodbank and centre for people in those positions. I see the pain in their faces.
Oh and working as a business consultant or suchlike does not count as a 'proper' job.

I vote for those who care for ordinary people , if you think of the politicians who are mocked the most by the press and public they have lived ordinary lives before entering parliment

" I vote for people who 'get' [or appear to get!] what it's like to be an ordinary person."

Yes... what IS that like?

I am well aware that nobody can change the upbringing that they have had but I would prefer all politicians to have had a "proper" job before entering politics so that they have an idea of how the other half live. It is not their fault if they were born with silver spoons in their mouths. I rather like to see Boris travelling on a tube and although I could not stand the sight of him, Ken Livingstone did also so knew what the daily grind to work by public transport felt like.

I don't care about poshness Lily but some voters are very anti people they perceive as 'posh'. Very narrow minded in my view.

Aloofness is a different thing though. Anyone, whether posh or not, can be aloof. I wouldn't vote for anyone who appeared aloof, I vote for people who 'get' [or appear to get!] what it's like to be an ordinary person.