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Poverty On My Cv?
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It seems the contenders for the leadership of the Labour Party have to prove their working class credentials.
What should they say?
What should they say?
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If you mean the backlash after this...
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They are being asked to be honest about their background.
Where does your use of the word poverty enter the equation?
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They are being asked to be honest about their background.
Where does your use of the word poverty enter the equation?
"When I was a lad, we lived in a tin shed, in between the docks, the coal mine and the Rubbish tip.
Dad had to trudge through the Rubbish to get to the Dole House to sign on.
We had to steal bread from the ducks in the park, and Mum would scrape black mould off the walls to make soup.
We had no shoes, and only scruffy clothes from the charity shop.
When I started in big school, Mum had to get me a uniform.
I hated it.
I was the only kid in school dressed like a Japanese Admiral.
Ah those were the days."
Dad had to trudge through the Rubbish to get to the Dole House to sign on.
We had to steal bread from the ducks in the park, and Mum would scrape black mould off the walls to make soup.
We had no shoes, and only scruffy clothes from the charity shop.
When I started in big school, Mum had to get me a uniform.
I hated it.
I was the only kid in school dressed like a Japanese Admiral.
Ah those were the days."
I'd settle for finding a politician who's 'in touch' with some basic economics. Most of them, from either side of the political divide, seem to promise far greater spending on education, the NHS, etc but without ever increasing any taxes.
Mr Micawber knew that the sums have to add up. ("Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure nineteen, nineteen and six, result happiness. Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure twenty pounds ought and six, result misery." It seems strange that our politicians can't grasp the same principle!
Mr Micawber knew that the sums have to add up. ("Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure nineteen, nineteen and six, result happiness. Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure twenty pounds ought and six, result misery." It seems strange that our politicians can't grasp the same principle!
Love that sketch, Buenchico - and it is very apposite at the moment. I've seen a few pointed cartoons as well.
Perhaps I should stand, I've been pretty broke - no carpets, car, phone, grow your own food, make your own bread, what washing-machine? etc.. Car!!!!!! Somehow it never occurred to me. We (and baby) survived and marched onwards and upwards.
Perhaps I should stand, I've been pretty broke - no carpets, car, phone, grow your own food, make your own bread, what washing-machine? etc.. Car!!!!!! Somehow it never occurred to me. We (and baby) survived and marched onwards and upwards.
>>> We use to sleep hanging on a piece of string next to the washing line
That line reminded me of the Hancock's Half Hour programme where Tony and Bill ended up sleeping over a rope in a doss house. When I heard it on internet radio, the idea of doing so intrigued me, so I googled to see if there were any photos of it actually happening. I found this:
http://
Anyone fancy giving it a go?
That line reminded me of the Hancock's Half Hour programme where Tony and Bill ended up sleeping over a rope in a doss house. When I heard it on internet radio, the idea of doing so intrigued me, so I googled to see if there were any photos of it actually happening. I found this:
http://
Anyone fancy giving it a go?
"Conference, Comrades, and Friends, I want you to vote for me as your next leader, because .i am one of you.
You know how poverty stricken my family were when I was growing up, and I am grateful, because it taught me real values.
I know what is important to the many and not the few.
I am not elitist, I am one of you!
I like nothing better than to race my pigeons and whippets, then go for ten pints in the working men's club, and smoke eighty fags, whilst playing Bingo and darts, then afterwards going for a Chinese, or a plate of tripe and onions.
Yes Comrades, I am a champion of working class culture, and I even read books, as well as the Gruniard and the Morning Star.
Vote for me, and we will fight together to build the New Jerusalem, and turn the dark satanic mills into social housing.
A vote for me is a declaration of war on those who would exploit us, and turn their opera houses into bingo halls homeless shelters.
Bless you my friends, forward together!"
You know how poverty stricken my family were when I was growing up, and I am grateful, because it taught me real values.
I know what is important to the many and not the few.
I am not elitist, I am one of you!
I like nothing better than to race my pigeons and whippets, then go for ten pints in the working men's club, and smoke eighty fags, whilst playing Bingo and darts, then afterwards going for a Chinese, or a plate of tripe and onions.
Yes Comrades, I am a champion of working class culture, and I even read books, as well as the Gruniard and the Morning Star.
Vote for me, and we will fight together to build the New Jerusalem, and turn the dark satanic mills into social housing.
A vote for me is a declaration of war on those who would exploit us, and turn their opera houses into bingo halls homeless shelters.
Bless you my friends, forward together!"
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