It’s all take take in my middle class world
Gordon Brown is talking to the middle classes today. I wonder how many of us will be watching him with solidarity in our hearts, a sense of well being inflating our chests. Fresh from Waitrose I will put on the radio (he’s more convincing out of vision) and listen to him address the hard working families of Great Britain. In contrast it is of course with a Toff-like arrogance that Tory Osborne clattered our personal wealth this week – no more tax credits for spongy middle earners, no more free money for Johnny and Samantha’s gap year funds. Ah me and that I suppose is the difference between Labour and Conservative, wannabe middle and upper middle – the former believe in hard work for everyone (and state top-ups) and the latter, well paid work for the important few (and hand outs from daddy, mummy and various miscellaneous dead relatives). As for me, my father died in the summer and Mara was born before the £250 baby bung was cruelly cut. It’s all take take in my middle class world.
Tessa Dunlop
