Remember guys he's British, so when he says Conservatives he's probably referring to the likes of Margret Thatcher who shut down the coal mining industry among other things.

This affected communities in northern Britain the most which is where he is from and devastated whole towns.

This led to a lot of unrest in the 80's and the Conservative party were despised by many as a result.

Northern Britain has historically been blue collar Labour Party supporters and union members.