I don't agree with your characterisation of Bristol people - there's a lot of people and there's certainly some richer areas. It seems like you're setting up a

I don't agree with your characterisation of Bristol people - there's a lot of people and there's certainly some richer areas. It seems like you're setting up a strawman - that the 'modern lefties' only care about two distinct topics and then making value judgements based on that. There's also a hint of the True Scotsman fallacy, but you're not defining what you consider to be 'true' left-wing.