But does anyone in politics actually care? It seems that politicians are more focused on voting blocs than lives lived. Is the working class substantial and consolidated enough to pose a threat to their incumbency / rise? If not, nothing will be done.
Its a fantastic book , i would throughly recomend it .
However , i am scepitcal about the new immigratuon proposels by home sec ( see commny on other thread ) , if we are to move away from the poison of "identiy politics " then we need people in charge that blieve in equality insted of a hiericay of racism .
On that , i am not conviced , in fact i forsee "despised 2 , they stil dont get it " or "Still despised " in a few years.
I woukd like to apologise for even more typo than normal , the latest update has eridicated predictive text from my phone .
I do geniuinly wish you all the luck in the world Paul
Have a lovely week Paul and other readers 😃
Ps caught you mate / comrade morris on gbnews other day withb nigel , loved his comments on tom baldwin , was a bit surprised that nigel appered to vcome to tom defence .
There are two big questions not answered by Paul’s excellent book.
Then first is can a new party of the working class be built or to put it another way is political representation of the working class possible in a world where its organisational forms and communal structures have been smashed up?
Unlike Paul, I do not think Labour is recoverable (its leadership, MPs, most of its membership base and increasingly what’s left of its vote is progressive and largely middle class) and unlike a lot of Paul’s readers I recognise what Reform is and what it isn’t. Whilst it might present itself as ally its economic political programme offers nothing for us.
The second question relates to the working class itself and its capacity to re-remember its own culture and forms of social solidarity. It seems to me that 3 factors a) the political defeat of the organised WC b) a generational and cultural gulf within the class itself and c) a deterioration within the class itself makes this problematic.
Put bluntly, nobody is coming to save us, at least they aren’t until we take the necessary first steps ourselves to regroup, take some control of our own lives and communities and our ways of living and to actually put some effort in to better assert our interests and demands. Can we? If so, how?
Well articulated Paul, but intelligent and articulate members of the working class who challenge the establishment are too often silenced.
Agree totally Paul. You only have to look at the make up of Reform events audiences, mostly working class.
The Country has chosen the next government and it ain't Labour, Tory or Loony-Dem !
The Wall Street Journal review was very complimentary!
You're absolutely right.
But does anyone in politics actually care? It seems that politicians are more focused on voting blocs than lives lived. Is the working class substantial and consolidated enough to pose a threat to their incumbency / rise? If not, nothing will be done.
I think these articles will form the record of how it all ended as we finally fell asleep in the comfy chair.
Hi Paul 👋
Its a fantastic book , i would throughly recomend it .
However , i am scepitcal about the new immigratuon proposels by home sec ( see commny on other thread ) , if we are to move away from the poison of "identiy politics " then we need people in charge that blieve in equality insted of a hiericay of racism .
On that , i am not conviced , in fact i forsee "despised 2 , they stil dont get it " or "Still despised " in a few years.
I woukd like to apologise for even more typo than normal , the latest update has eridicated predictive text from my phone .
I do geniuinly wish you all the luck in the world Paul
Have a lovely week Paul and other readers 😃
Ps caught you mate / comrade morris on gbnews other day withb nigel , loved his comments on tom baldwin , was a bit surprised that nigel appered to vcome to tom defence .
Social media is allowing voices to be heard this helps
Your party is tone deaf for example you should be an MP instead of a fringe figure
I agree with much of this, but Brexit led to a big drop in standard of living. People are poorer for it.
Why is France in such a mess
Read Peter shores separate ways this critiques the EU
There are two big questions not answered by Paul’s excellent book.
Then first is can a new party of the working class be built or to put it another way is political representation of the working class possible in a world where its organisational forms and communal structures have been smashed up?
Unlike Paul, I do not think Labour is recoverable (its leadership, MPs, most of its membership base and increasingly what’s left of its vote is progressive and largely middle class) and unlike a lot of Paul’s readers I recognise what Reform is and what it isn’t. Whilst it might present itself as ally its economic political programme offers nothing for us.
The second question relates to the working class itself and its capacity to re-remember its own culture and forms of social solidarity. It seems to me that 3 factors a) the political defeat of the organised WC b) a generational and cultural gulf within the class itself and c) a deterioration within the class itself makes this problematic.
Put bluntly, nobody is coming to save us, at least they aren’t until we take the necessary first steps ourselves to regroup, take some control of our own lives and communities and our ways of living and to actually put some effort in to better assert our interests and demands. Can we? If so, how?