Like his political leaderene , sir alan was from a relatively poor background in the unfashionable east midlands . And like her , he nurtured a lifelong disdain for middle-class intellectual socialists .

和撒切尔夫人一样，艾伦爵士来自东米德兰兹，出身相对贫寒；同样，他也毕生蔑视中产阶级知识分子的社会党员。