Why We Still Cling to Our Working Class Past George Reid On Scots Paradox
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THEY have executive villas, three cars in the driveway, soaring incomes and conspicuous consumption, so why is it that so many Scots with middleclass lifestyles insist on seeing themselves as working class?
This was the Caledonian class paradox posed last night by George Reid, presiding officer, in a lecture on challenges facing the Scottish Parliament a year after MSPs entered their new home at Holyrood.See the full content of this document
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Why We Still Cling to Our Working Class Past George Reid On Scots Paradox
He reminded Scots how much their country has changed in recent years as he delivered the keynote political event - the Donald Dewar lecture - at the Edinburgh International Book Festival, sponsored by The Herald and Sunday Herald. His speech contrasted the Clackmannanshire h...
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