“Class war” as a term refers to the tension that exists i

“Class war” as a term refers to the tension that exists in society among different social classes as a response to the socioeconomic arrangement of power and resources. But for some, it only ever appears to go in one direction. No one cried “class war” when universal credit claimants were left to live on £6 a day. No one accused ministers of class politics when homelessness spread through the streets. When the Resolution Foundation warned this week that re-electing Boris Johnson would risk child poverty rising to a 60-year high, the Conservative manifesto wasn’t seen to be creating class conflict.