Editing Middle England (section)

{{Short description|Conservative middle classes in England}}
{{about|the socio-political term|the geographical area in the centre of England|The Midlands|the medieval form of language|Middle English}}

[[File:Cricket at Wormsley (geograph 3635634).jpg|300px|thumb|Typically English activities such as [[village cricket]] matches popularly evoke an image of Middle England]]
The phrase "'''Middle England'''" is a [[socio-political]] term which generally refers to [[middle class]] or [[lower middle class]] people in [[England]] who hold [[traditional conservative]] or [[right-wing politics|right-wing views]].<ref>{{cite news |first=Jack |last=O'Sullivan |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/what-is-middle-england-1201255.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220514/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/what-is-middle-england-1201255.html |archive-date=2022-05-14 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=What is Middle England? |newspaper=[[The Independent]] |date=29 August 1998 |accessdate=29 October 2012 |location=London}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Peter |last=Cole |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2007/aug/20/mondaymediasection.pressandpublishing |title=Why middle England gets the Mail |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |date=19 August 2007 |accessdate=29 October 2012 |location=London}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/linda-grant-the-mail-turns-on-the-charm-449694.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220514/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/linda-grant-the-mail-turns-on-the-charm-449694.html |archive-date=2022-05-14 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |first=Ian |last=Burrell |title=Linda Grant: The 'Mail' turns on the charm |newspaper=The Independent |date=21 May 2007 |accessdate=29 October 2012 |location=London}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |first=Stuart |last=Maconie |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/stop-knocking-middle-england-209179 |title=Stop knocking Middle England |newspaper=[[Daily Mirror]] |date=19 March 2010 |accessdate=29 October 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Kuper |first=Simon |url=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/034a66a2-dcb7-11e1-99f3-00144feab49a.html#axzz2AgKNIrH6 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/b46X7 |archive-date=2022-12-10 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Heroes reconquer nation for Middle England |newspaper=[[Financial Times]] |date=2 August 2012 |accessdate=29 October 2012}}</ref>