
Are you single or in a ‘hard-working family’? Your answer counts for a lot | Nesrine Malik
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In Britain, we are near the beginning of what feels like a long general election campaign, and so we are witnessing the electoral map shrink ever-more until there’s only one true political subject left: “hard-working families”.
Higher costs of living and housing wipe out disposable income, foreclose the possibility of owning a home, and force people who can to take on second jobs or freelance shifts.It was back in 2005 that the BBC noted the ubiquity of the phrase “hard-working families” in New Labour rhetoric, and so it is no surprise that it has been revived in the current party’s tribute act to that era. Read More..