He markets himself as this working‑class lad, the man of the people, the bloke who “gets it” because he supposedly comes from the same world as the scaffolders, the brickies, the offshore workers, the lorry drivers, the warehouse pickers — the people who actually keep the country running. But the reality doesn’t show that at all. He isn’t their poster boy. He’s the poster boy for the tax‑funded union world, the comfortable public‑sector bubble where the income is guaranteed, the risks are minimal, and the consequences never land on your own doorstep.