But I don’t think you can really characterise urban professionals as a community. They don’t really set the culture of an area (apart from City bars after 5 pm), and they’re transient. When they have kids most of those who can’t afford private schooling will get out of town – often to rural areas with a white and conservative culture.

I can’t think of a single ‘urban professional’ area (and where that ?) in London where the streets are safe at night. And Kensington/St Johns Wood don’t count – that’s seriously rich, not urban professional.

Or do ‘cash in hand’ work while claiming benefits (oh it’s so hard to make a living in the country!)

Or employ illegal migrants.

And be honest, can you really picture any of the fat chavs from the riots on the back of a horse? You’d think they’d be grateful the rural economy is diverging from tradition so quickly – they might get the opportunity to do something nicer for a living grovelling to some chinless wonder for the fiver an hour they get for shooting dogs and shovelling shit.