"The abandonment of class since the 90s has had profound consequences for this country. As in the United States, the populist right saw a vacuum and they occupied it: they adopted the language of class, spoke of how the metropolitan liberal set had nothing but contempt for working-class Britain, and championed working-class interests–not against bosses and bankers, but rather immigrants and benefit cheats."
Owen Jones in The Guardian asserts that "[i]t's time for the left to return to class."
Wednesday, August 17, 2016
"And Lo, a Working-Class Revolt Finally Came, and It Was Brexit"
Labels:
1990s,
2010s,
Britain,
class,
politics,
twentieth century,
twenty-first century
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