Corbyn / BBC declare social class of employees?

Only if it is about the U.K. not just England

Wasn’t it John Prescott who said “We’re all middle class now?”

Are you listening to radio Newcastle JaneA I can’t work. I’m so upset and tearful.

Yes it was janeainsworth

I didn’t mention England Annie I think this effects the whole of the UK . So sad.

Gilly, you said the radio station you were listening to was talking of the north of England .

Good thing you don’t live in South Wales, you would spend every day in tears , but no matter, it isn’t England

Oh Annie for goodness sake ??? I’m not saying things aren’t bad in Wales . But I don’t live in Wales I can’t get Welsh local radio either .

And Actually to be fair to AM he is now talking about society as s whole .

I know Gilly, but when I tried to bring Wales into it you shut me down

I’m not shutting you down at all Annie and believe you me I know there are regions as poor as Tyneside but I can only speak with real experience of Tyneside . There are many regions in the whole of the U.K. that continue to be left behind and those wearing the blinkers are never going to help fix it are they? There has always been an. “I’m alright Jack” attitude .

I think he means because a disproportionate amount of BBC employees come from a public school background .

Brief wander from the point - Just seen that Annie asked who was educated at Saughton. Lots of criminals, Annie, it is a jail in Edinburgh.

Sorry, as you were.

One person's perception of their social 'class' is different to the next. University educated doctors, teachers, lawyers etc are all surely 'middle class' but they could also claim to be 'working class' as they all have to work regulated hours for a living. Silly JC (but also dangerous).

I think that is the least important part of what he said. He wants fair taxation, for the BBC to be funded in a different way and for it to be unbiased and in the latter respect the public will vote for Board Members rather than them being appointed by the government.
There is a problem with journalists generally all coming through the same narrow channel usually because of the use of unpaid interns which excludes those who have the least but also because people tend to appoint people like themselves without necessary being aware that they are doing it. They should train up school leavers and not only graduates as local newspapers used to do.

Elegran, silly me, puzzled now why I thought Australia. Thank you.

I didn’t have a vote for Corbyn’s son to work in Labour HQ

Thank you for a rational post, Jaycee5

John Humphries worked his way to his present job. I am sure others did too .

Unusual to read support for a Blairite ?

There has always been a perception of public school over repesentation at the BBC and it would be interesting to know how far this is true. After all why not know the background of those deciding what and who is seen on public media? It could in fact be getting increasingly worse. As opportunities for young people dry up and they become the first generation to be worse off than their parents those working for the BBC may well be introducing their offsping as unpaid interns and so blocking access for poorer children. I'd like to know more about that.
And yes we could do it for other organisations as well. Asking why that isn't being done already really isn't a valid argument for not doing it. Start with the Beeb and move on.

Wasn't it Tony Benn who said " if you are paid for the work you do, you are working class"

Let’s just brand people , not on the forehead but perhaps the arm

I think the point that Alan Miburn was trying to make is that would people like John Humphrey’s have the same chances to “make it” today ? Alan Miburn suggested probably not !

Also discussed is why does a child need 5 levels to get a practical apprenticeship ? What about the non academic children ? What do they do ?

Isn't it funny how when a perfectly logical argument is made someone will move on to the ridiculous, possibly because they really have no answer to the argument but can only post silly suggestions.

I think the class system is alive and well throughout the UK except there are now a lot more of them . Working class is an aspiration for many . We now have lower working class and probably even two lower bands than that . Disgusting .