Class Politics, or Class Dealignment

By: Ronan Burtenshaw

Recent evidence makes clear that the Left is losing its historic base in working-class communities — either we rebuild class politics or accept that socialism is off the table.

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Earlier this summer, MPs on the Education Select Committee released a report into the ‘decades-long neglect of the let-down White working class.’ Entitled The Forgotten, it aimed to demonstrate that free school meal-eligible white children fared worse than almost all other ethnic groups when it came to educational achievement. ‘We do not deny that children […]

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Earlier this summer, MPs on the Education Select Committee released a report into the ‘decades-long neglect of the let-down White working class.’ Entitled The Forgotten, it aimed to demonstrate that free school meal-eligible white children fared worse than almost all other ethnic groups when it came to educational achievement. ‘We do not deny that children […]

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Earlier this summer, MPs on the Education Select Committee released a report into the ‘decades-long neglect of the let-down White working class.’ Entitled The Forgotten, it aimed to demonstrate that free school meal-eligible white children fared worse than almost all other ethnic groups when it came to educational achievement. ‘We do not deny that children […]

Earlier this summer, MPs on the Education Select Committee released a report into the ‘decades-long neglect of the let-down White working class.’ Entitled The Forgotten, it aimed to demonstrate that free school meal-eligible white children fared worse than almost all other ethnic groups when it came to educational achievement. ‘We do not deny that children […]

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