
Downstream: Social Mobility Is A Lie w/ Dan Evans
Novara Media
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The Divide in Society
I was canvassing for Labour, and I remember just walking along the street. Some of the language was version on like eugenics,. Like these people shouldn't be allowed to vote, they shouldn't be able to have kids - you know, all this stuff. And then I'd come to London, and there were people, or I'd go on Twitter, there's a majority for people at home thinking – that's never happened since. The divide in society being so obvious between downly mobile, or graduate class, professional managerial class, professionals, and then like the rest of the country, it was so stark. That was one of the catalysts for writing the book.
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