Tag: Working class

Total Results: 76


The treasurer of the Grunwick strike committee, Jayaben Desai, in 1977.  (Photo by Graham Wood/Evening Standard/Getty Images)
01/15/2020 - 12:01am

Samira Ahmed’s win is for all women The BBC presenter's victory isn't an elitist moment: it's part of a long battle for equality and dignity

Julie Bindel

Friday, December 20

20.12

Why did a rundown mining town become a safe Tory seat? Before the Brexit vote I visited Rugeley in the West Midlands, a land of badly-paid jobs, poverty... and Tory voters

James Bloodworth

Friday, December 13

13.12

The danger ahead for Boris Johnson Behind the Tory victory stands a mass of voices that have long been excluded from politics. Can the PM please them all?

Mary Harrington

Tuesday, October 22

22.10

How Noël Coward made me a Marxist I realised that it wasn't just prime ministers and Catholic priests who could lead a double life

Paul Mason

Wednesday, September 18

18.09

Who will speak for today’s working class? The upper echelons of the Church now appeal more to Remain-supporting Hampstead than Leave-supporting Hartlepool

Paul Embery

Thursday, April 4

04.04

Who takes advantage of disadvantage? Misfortune has a certain cachet in woke circles – but is ignored where it counts

Jenny McCartney

Thursday, March 28

28.03

How I overcame my class stigma Class resentment is still a major social and political force in Britain

Roger Scruton

Monday, March 25

25.03

Too posh to fail For clever poor kids to go up the ladder, mediocre rich kids need to go down

James Kirkup

Friday, March 15

15.03

What will the woke folk make of Notting Hill?

Nick Tyrone

Tuesday, February 19

19.02

The Trade Union Club for liberal cosmopolitans

Paul Embery

Wednesday, January 2

02.01

Why liberal-Left paternalism led to Brexit

James Bloodworth

Wednesday, December 26

26.12

Babe Ruth’s biography goes beyond baseball

Henry Olsen