Working class hero, moi?
Giles Coren Has No Idea
The Times
4.3 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 21 June 2024
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
In response to a survey suggesting people are turning away from the news Giles and Esther pander to the masses and happily look past the obvious headlines.
Who or what constitutes a working man? As the blue and red parties scabble to attract anyone who earns a living Giles is temporarily bewitched by the endless tax breaks on offer from the Reform party. His conscience kicks in but with his new found knowledge of the candidates he does a ‘who said what’ quiz for Esther.
Little House on the Prairie - an idyllic serene country existence…? Not so fast! If you survive the warring factions on the plain and the syphilis you’ve still got to fight off the cowboys. Perhaps not the best example of the past to offer to children. Giles and Esther consider some better examples, and more pertinent advice for the young people of today.
Lastly, could it really be true that privately educated children are thinner in middle age than their state educated counter parts? Of course not, Esther is suitably exasperated.
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