The Unwoke are Awake

Real divisions within the working classes, based on structural as well as cultural differences, cannot be wished away with glib sloganising reminiscent of schoolyard divisions between cool and uncool.

For many on the British left, now in deep grief as the implications of last Thursday’s general election results sink in, the most abiding memories of the Labour Party’s campaign in this, and the 2017 election, will be those stirring videos, featuring music by Emeli Sandé and Lily Allen and directed by towering talents like Ken Loach showing a romanticis…