Poverty is the issue, not culture or colour

I commend this article:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/8995295/Poverty-not-colour-is-the-real-dividing-line-in-modern-Britain.html

My avid reader will recall that I have argued on this blog that poverty is the issue which is far more important to tackle than racism.   See: http://kentcommunityactivist.blogspot.com/2010/02/rise-of-barmy-nasty-party.html

One of the more insidious elements in politics today is the claim by some parties that they are seeking to preserve English culture and identity.  In the postmodern world what is it that they are seeking to preserve?