Yahoo

Here’s the truth about Britain’s white working class

St George’s flags on Kirby Estate in Bermondsey, for the Euro men’s final (2021) - AFP In British political and media circles, the white working class tends to be treated as a monolithic and ...
The New York Times

A More Working-Class British Cabinet, Still Seen as Out of Touch

Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s top team contains more lawmakers from poor backgrounds, and fewer from elite schools, than any in recent memory. Voters haven’t noticed. By Stephen Castle Reporting from ...
Yahoo

British TV’s Working-Class Problem: Nearly A Quarter Of Top Execs Went To Private School, Report Finds

Nearly a quarter (22%) of top execs in the UK TV industry went to private school, according to research sparked by Sherwood creator James Graham’s MacTaggart lecture. The figure is triple that of the ...
The Conversation

Who represents Britain on screen? UK film and TV culture still has a worrying class problem

Nick Lee does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...
World Socialist Web Site

Labour’s first budget a downpayment on its offensive against British working class

UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ first budget came with the declaration by the Labour government that it marked the end of austerity. This is a lie. After pushing through £1.4 billion in cuts to 10 ...
Morning Star

When the British working class ‘gave the Blackshirts their answer’

As President Javier Milei is set to unveil a radical rollback of Argentina’s labour laws, unions warn of an unprecedented assault on workers’ rights, says BERT SCHOUWENBURG DURING 1933 and 1934, the ...