A survey by the beeb has concluded that the white working classes feel extremely unrepresented and are pessimistic about what is happening to the country.
Bob Piper says this is not surprising as
Even amongst Labour MPs representation from amongst those who have ever held down a job that could be defined as working class (and I don't mean a Christmas job at the post office whilst plodding your way through Oxford) are an endangered species. These days your typical front bench spokesperson or prospective parliamentary candidate will have gone to University, been employed as a researcher for a political party, worked for an MP or a think tank, and been shoed-in to a safe seat somewhere as an MP.
The debate that followed the report centred on the problems of immigration and the feeling that the white woprking classes feel second best to the immigrant popultaion, a fact that has been exemplified in recent years die to the influx from Eastern Europe.
What was concerning about the ensuing debate was that it quickly turned into the English working class verses the rest.More Margaret Hodge was caught in the crossfire as Labour was blamed for brushing this under the carpet as a sop to political correctness.
Fair play to Newsnight for at least getting these views aired and invited Nick Griffin on the programme.
But what the discussion missed was not the racial issue in itself but the fact that outr attention is diverted by the immigration issue where it should be on the white C2,D's and E's.
There is a white underclass that has for all intent dropped out of main stream society.They live in confined areas and survive on the benefit culture.Perhaps the BBC survey has identified part of the problem.Instead of worrying about immigration,let's worry about those already here and how they can get back into mainstream society
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