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Crown Street, Canning Town, 1930s. Hat tip Newham History Society facebook page “Your periodic reminder, Britain’s multicultural history is working class history”. Mary Evans Picture Library.
This is a fabulous picture in so many way but I espec…Read more…
Unite general secretary Len McCluskey will tonight be calling for the story of Peterloo to be taught in schools, in a speech at a special pre-screening of a new Mike Leigh film that dramatises the…Read more…
Off message. Ashamed to say that for the 1st time ever I cooked a traditional #Welsh #Cawl.
Salt Marsh Lamb, carrots, spuds, parsnips & of course leeks. Forgot the swede.
With wholemeal bread, welsh butter, caerphilly cheese…Read more…
Half of working people in the UK believe coming from a working class background and having a regional accent are impediments to success, according to a new survey that found working class…Read more…
I am not really into so called “betrayal politics” but recently I had a disagreement over the cause of the relative decline in support for Labour by some white working class voters.
East European Immigration was given as the reason.
I argued that i…Read more…
Well said Dennis.Read more…