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This is, pardon my language, hot bullshit and it boils my piss https://twitter.com/BBCPolitics/status/1326585961451573249
A) London has a gigantic working class population that dwarfs the bankers and estate agents hundreds to one. London has shameful inequality that cannot and must not be swept under the rug of the north south divide
Opera, ballet and the arts are the inheritance of everyone on this benighted, miserable island. To see people write off theatre, literature, poetry because they've been sold a lie about being working class by people like this Tory lawyer is theft. Bloody, disgusting theft.
We swallow these lies about class and it hurts us. It robs us of half the world. It keeps it for people too rotted by privilege to understand a tenth of what they've stolen and I hate it
Football is great, and it can be great for everyone. So can theatre. So can ballet. It can be your heart.
And the north is the home and crucible of brilliant, scorching culture! How dare you sell your own constituents so short you *stunted* little man
Dear god, Britain's international post-war relevance was based on enormous cultural clout generated by giving working class kids access to *a chance*
Whether it was grants for drama or a dole cheque you could live while you write your first album, it created a tidal wave of incredible talent that is now lost because only the rich can afford to try anything
The ruling class of this country have powers of memory a goldfish would look down on
