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<blockquote data-quote="Exfarmer" data-source="post: 7553756" data-attributes="member: 1951"><p>The old working class has disappeared completely, along with the industry which employed it on a massive scale. For most of them it was never the trampled oppression of the classic left wing text books, but a comfortable allusion which maintained their dull repetitious life in factories or mine where they knew they had a job for life if they kept their nose clean. They never had a lot , but until the advent of Television as long as they had enough for a few pints on a Saturday night after the football they were relatively content. They may not have had much but they were a lot better off than millions of Johnny Foreigner.</p><p>However with the fall of heavy industry the mines and increasing mechanisation elsewhere, we have now got a new underclass, one which had been there in a very big way in all industries until unionisation had virtually wiped it out, the day labourer. Now we again have masses working with no guarantee of work the next day, many earn quite a good living and are very happy in their lot. They drive your taxi, meaning car ownership particularly in cities is dropping, make your beds in the hotels, serve the food and wine. However this new class has absolutely no connection to the left leaning, liberal minded latte drinking customers paying a fiver for the coffee, who believe it is demeaning to tip the pretty young waitress or even to compliment her ( or him ) . </p><p>This right on set ( or should that be left on <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /> ) have completely alienated those who, if the truth were told, they consider completely beneath them. From the early days of socialism , this issue was recognised and has been been a battle ground in parties of the left, the current Labour Party has a long way to go to get back its voter base, however history tells us a week is very long time in politics.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Exfarmer, post: 7553756, member: 1951"] The old working class has disappeared completely, along with the industry which employed it on a massive scale. For most of them it was never the trampled oppression of the classic left wing text books, but a comfortable allusion which maintained their dull repetitious life in factories or mine where they knew they had a job for life if they kept their nose clean. They never had a lot , but until the advent of Television as long as they had enough for a few pints on a Saturday night after the football they were relatively content. They may not have had much but they were a lot better off than millions of Johnny Foreigner. However with the fall of heavy industry the mines and increasing mechanisation elsewhere, we have now got a new underclass, one which had been there in a very big way in all industries until unionisation had virtually wiped it out, the day labourer. Now we again have masses working with no guarantee of work the next day, many earn quite a good living and are very happy in their lot. They drive your taxi, meaning car ownership particularly in cities is dropping, make your beds in the hotels, serve the food and wine. However this new class has absolutely no connection to the left leaning, liberal minded latte drinking customers paying a fiver for the coffee, who believe it is demeaning to tip the pretty young waitress or even to compliment her ( or him ) . This right on set ( or should that be left on ;) ) have completely alienated those who, if the truth were told, they consider completely beneath them. From the early days of socialism , this issue was recognised and has been been a battle ground in parties of the left, the current Labour Party has a long way to go to get back its voter base, however history tells us a week is very long time in politics. [/QUOTE]
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