She did.SpinningHugo wrote:Which profile specifically has described her as working class? I looked up the recent-ish one in the Graun, which is the only one I knowAnatolyKasparov wrote:Re the vexed Jess Phillips question - can I just say something factual here?
In her frequent admiring media portrayals, she is routinely described as "working class" - indeed I think some on here have done this.
However, the FACTS are that her mother was a senior NHS administrator and her father a teacher.
If that is a "working class" background then about 99% of people in the UK are "working class".
I do not know if she first put this idea into the heads of our beloved MSM or if they just decided it was true anyway (because she has a Brummie accent, perhaps??) but either way, she has done little to disabuse people of this fallacy has she?
And sorry, but the idea she would just be getting praise if she was behaving in an identical way except for supporting Corbyn is simply
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which perfectly accurately describes her background (fatehr a teacher etc).
I never thought she was working class herself. Who has said she was?
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Though I suppose arguably she could be accusing others of treating her badly, because they view her as such.Two can play that game @leftfutures do you make vile suggestions about me because I'm a working class woman?
In Guardian have seen her parents background (as in origins) described as working class, rather than her own, but it's used to establish 'working class credentials'.