Grey Labour vs. the Working Class
Late 2020s British culture is dominated by an oppressive mix of boredom and quiet violence. Meanwhile, working-class forms of expression are aggressively marginalised by a decaying bourgeoisie.
Charli XCX poses for a portrait at an event at Sonos Studios, Los Angeles, June 2014. The cut-glass accented optimism Charlotte Emma Aitchison promised in the ‘Brat summer’ of 2024 has been as short-lived as the honeymoon of the Labour government elected in the same year. (Photo by Joe Scarnici / Getty Images / Sonos)
Last summer, we dreamed of Trojan horses. It was never going to be a revolution, but there remained some optimism, articulated through gritted teeth. Dull, politically unimaginative, rarely going far enough: when Keir Starmer was elected, it was clear that all of the above would probably continue to apply — after all, dreary politeness had tainted […]
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