CLASS IDENTITY AND CLASS AWARENESS
by Kenan Malik
This essay, on the changing attitudes of the working class, was my Observer column this week. It was published on 24 September 2023, under the headline “Forty years ago, class defined us in Britain. Now it’s we who define our class”. A liberal elite out of touch with the conservative instincts of the British people. A political realignment defined by an electorate more culturally conservative but economically leftwing. A working class hostile to liberal norms, especially on immigration. It is a picture […]
Categories: Britain, Class • Tags: british social attitudes, class boundaries, immigration, inequality, social conservatism, social liberalism, working class