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T_i_B

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2. It gets worse when you see how he defines the "elite"

Reply to muriel_volestrangler (Reply #1)

Mon Apr 3, 2023, 07:31 AM

Apr 2023

Surely anybody who shops at Tesco or Amazon can be said to "Hoover up the economic gains of globalization".

And as another example, I live in Sheffield and anything with an S postcode could be said to be part of the "elite" according this this rubbish. That would include Rotherham, Barnsley, Worksop, Chesterfield and a good swathe of the peak district as they all have an S postcode!

There's so much that's badly wrong with this that it's difficult to know where to start. And it also goes to show why I tend to shy away from class politics these days.

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Goodwin's Law: How Britain's Political 'Elite' Seek to Distract From Their Own Power [View all] T_i_B Apr 2023 OP

It's something I've often thought, though I'd never noticed Goodwin muriel_volestrangler Apr 2023 #1

It gets worse when you see how he defines the "elite" T_i_B Apr 2023 #2

Matthew d'Ancona in the New Europaean LeftishBrit Apr 2023 #3