BBC political correspondent Eleanor Garnier was positively gushing on yesterday's 1pm news bulletin about David Cameron's description of the Tories as "the real party of working people."

She enthused that Business, Innovation and Skills Secretary, and former multimillionaire banker, Sajid Javid is the son of a bus driver, while Communities Secretary Greg Clark's father was a milkman.

In fact, he ran his own milk delivery firm, which isn't exactly the same thing.

Garnier also name-checked Priti Patel, whose family left Idi Amin's Uganda to open a business in Britain, to strengthen the image that Cameron wants to see implanted in the public consciousness - "blue-collar Conservatism."

The main thing that the ministers highlighted by the BBC corespondent have in common is that they are among the 43 per cent of Tory ministers who weren't privately educated.

The obvious corollary is that 57 per cent of the Cabinet do indeed come from this privileged background and should have been the major point made by an independent journalist wishing to avoid being a government mouthpiece.

The fact that both Garnier's father and his cousin are privately educated Tory MPs might colour her perception of normality.

As yesterday's Morning Star made clear, Cameron's government is a Cabinet "of the rich, for the rich, by the rich" and the picture of wealthy public schoolboys and schoolgirls is no mirage.

Whatever Javid's personal background, he wasn't promoted to champion the interests of transport workers or anyone who depends on the fruits of their labour to keep themselves and their families.

His job is to put the boot into working people by forcing them to negotiate with hard-faced employers from a position of weakness because of legislation making it harder to take legal strike action.

Cameron extolled "the dignity of work, the dignity of having a pay cheque, being able to keep more of their own money to spend as they choose, a home of their own, the peace of mind and security that comes from being able to raise a family and have a decent and secure retirement" as though this Shangri-La represents Tory Britain.

What dignity is there for workers on zero-hours contracts like those dangled on a string by Whistl who will be paid nothing while the delivery company reviews its operations?

How many young people can afford to buy a home of their own without parental assistance because of rocketing prices caused by housing shortages.

Where is the decent and secure retirement for workers whose private employers have closed decent pension schemes and the government is making its employees work longer for less?

The picture painted by posh boy Cameron and lapped up by his rich Cabinet cronies and media echo chambers is unrecognisable to most people.

The ruling class, which the Tories represent single-mindedly, knows the potential dangers of resentment and anger of those excluded from the Prime Minister's cosy snapshot of life in Britain.

Employers fear that workers might seek justice by taking industrial action, which explains Javid's urgency in revealing that his anti-strike proposals will appear in the Queen's Speech a fortnight today.

Strike ballot rules will be so stringent that, if applied to politicians equally, they would result in a scarcely populated House of Commins, but the Tories will ignore such clear proof of prejudice.

MPs have a responsibility to argue and to vote against this vindictive anti-working class measure, but the only really effective antidote will be united extra-parliamentary activity, including strikes.