I want to coin the phrase real economic. I'm sick of this idealism. Socialism no longer serves working class people. How fucked up is that the richer you are, the more likely you are to be left wing now? So let's bring the real world back into politics. That's what I would do. I would go to the Greens. I would join them to the Lib Dems and say this is it. Cynical capitalist money making left wing politics. Let's try it. Let's just fucking try it because every working class person with nothing wants a posh car... They don't want to share their sack of grain around with neighbour 147 at the clothmaking factory. It
Samira Ahmed speaks to award-winning comedian Russell Kane. They speak about his life and career, growing up in Essex, his break into comedy at the prestigious Edinburgh Fringe, and his relationship with class and identity as a comedian. The recording for this episode took place in April 2021.
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