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β€˜There is no necessary contradiction between living a middle-class life and holding left-wing convictions.’

Stefan Collini reads 𝘈𝘯 𝘜𝘯𝘦𝘒𝘴𝘺 𝘐𝘯𝘩𝘦𝘳π˜ͺ𝘡𝘒𝘯𝘀𝘦, Polly Toynbee’s account of her family as a left-liberal intellectual dynasty:

www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

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I am a brain on a stick.'s avatar I am a brain on a stick. @hfnuala.bsky.social
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The word middle class, as ever in the UK, doing a lot of heavy lifting there. Middle class as in 2 parents with white collar jobs is quite different from none of us have titles but somehow money is always found to send the kids to one of the Liberal public schools. Not Eton, obv, but never the comp

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Does she explain the narrative of "Tea With Mrs Goodman"?

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