Envy

Envy is dangerous, destructive, divisive—and revealing. It exposes the falsity of Labour's great claim that they're the party of care and compassion. It is the worst possible emotion to inspire a political party supposedly dedicated to improving the lot of ordinary working people.

From there it is but a short step to the doctrine of class warfare. The Marxists in the Labour Party preach that this is not only just but necessary and inevitable.

But let me put this thought to you. If it is wrong to preach race hatred — and it is — why is it right to preach class hatred? If it's a crime to incite the public against a man simply because of the colour of his skin — and it is — why is it virtuous to do so just because of his position?

The political organisation of hatred is wrong—always and everywhere. Class warfare is immoral, a poisonous relic of the past.

Margaret Thatcher, Speech to Conservative Party Conference, 1978