Owen Jones
The Catalyst
Ideas with a spark, energy, range and the ability to start things.
Owen Jones is a prominent writer and political commentator known for his advocacy of working-class issues and critique of mainstream politics. This interview reveals his ability to articulate the frustrations of the working class and challenge the status quo, positioning him as a persuasive voice for change.
“Theresa May is nothing if not ambitious she wants those relievers as well as the levers. She wants the middle class, but the working class too. How big a challenge is that for labour? I've been discussing the politics of the working class with the Labour Pierre Morris Glassman, who runs an organisation called Blue Labo”
“demonized, they are downtrodden not by employers, by bosses, as people like me would have argued, if you like, exploited, but by a liberal middle class who hate their patriotism and want to destroy their way of life with immigration, and that is a failure of past labour leaderships stop talking about class, others will”
“Small sea conservatism that was always manifest in labour with people like Bevin, with people like Morrison, and Adley had a strong sensibility of understanding that. So what you have is the dispossession in many ways of the working class of their own political. which have been hijacked and taken over by people who are”
Political Thinking with Nick Robinson — Political Thinking with Nick Robinson 20 May 2017
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