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So, here’s a Christian-free post.
The old working-class as we knew it, no longer exists. The big industries have shrunk or gone, along with their culture of pubs, clubs and close-knit communities which gave folk a sense of belonging, identity, and a way to make a living.
People have been left decimated and broken, isolated and poor. Parts of the north are like post-invasion Iraq. Their shops are shut, pubs boarded up, drugs and hooligans, gangs and graffiti have taken over. They’ve been abandoned and lack support, either economic or social.
What’s happened? Look in the papers to find out. Open the Sun, Mail, Express… they speak our language, right? But, what do they offer? Not the complicated arguments about the damage done by right wing politics, privatisation, or the unfairness of absurdly wealthy people like the Bezos’s and Gates, Zuckerbergs, Murdochs, Musks and Trumps owning the media and the most powerful country in the world. No, you obviously won’t be reading about inequality and unfairness as the reason why you can’t get a house or a good job, or why the energy companies are ripping you off, or why the crims have taken over your neighbourhood.
Nope, it’s Brussels and the EU! Ooops, done that! Now, it’s the poor old immigrant you should blame! And you know what, even if you’re doing alright, paid for your house, car and live in a nice area, the immigrant will come and take it off you (copyright Daily Mail). Instead, don’t rock the boat, let’s punish those who aren’t responsible for the problems. And yes, it is how Hitler came to power in the 1930s, with slogans about returning to the past, making Germany great again, etc.
The supreme irony is that the very same things Farage and the far right espouses now – dictators, fascism, racism, denial of democracy… are the very same things which this country, Churchill and the great grandfathers of today’s flag-shagging ‘patriots’ fought against in WWII!
Time to wake up. But, tell the truth and you’ll always sleep well.
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