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Keir Starmer's definition of working class

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Germanshepherdsmum Wed 19-Jun-24 08:46:54

Yes Sago, he never misses an opportunity to remind us. And his mother was a nurse.

This latest statement is worrying. He talks a lot about ‘working people’. Now it seems that phrase means ‘people who have nothing’.

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AGAA4 Wed 19-Jun-24 08:45:06

I wouldn't be able to write a cheque as I don't think I have any.

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Baggs Wed 19-Jun-24 08:39:40

I can't really get excited about most of the odd things politicians say

Good philosophy

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Baggs Wed 19-Jun-24 08:38:47

Cheque? What planet is he on? Haven't used a cheque for years and years.

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Sago Wed 19-Jun-24 08:36:20

His father was a toolmaker.

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Casdon Wed 19-Jun-24 08:09:46

I don’t think Starmer used the term working class M0nica, he defined working people as those who can’t afford to write a cheque when they get into trouble.

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MaizieD Wed 19-Jun-24 08:03:38

That's just what I was about to ask, Calendargirl 😆

I can't really get excited about most of the odd things politicians say.

But I wonder if he has in mind those 4 million plus people who are living in poverty in the UK? It would be good to think that at least some politicians recognise that they exist (and might even need some help)

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Allsorts Wed 19-Jun-24 07:59:47

What’s the matter with working class?. Isn’t it those that keep this country and economy going. The shop workers, the bus drivers, the van drivers who delivered shopping all through Covid when teachers wouldn't work, the doctors surgeries were closed. Are working class to menial to bother about?

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Calendargirl Wed 19-Jun-24 07:55:55

Who writes a cheque nowadays?

Keir is a bit behind the times.

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M0nica Wed 19-Jun-24 07:51:23

If ever I needed proof that class definitions are nonsense and all that matters is how much money you earn/have saved, then Keir Starmer's latest pronouncement on what is working class is the absolute proof.

According to the Times this morning he defined working class as those who cannot afford to write a cheque when they get into trouble

This definition will exclude almost all those traditionally considered 'working class', builders, tradesmen, many factory and assembly line workers, railway men. It will include many of those past retirement age, including many women, probably mostly over 80, who may never have worked since they married.

It will include all the financially inept, but not include many on small salaries who manage a small income with the skill of the Governor of the Bank of England.

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