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100 years ago lots of working class people stood as labour party MPs. I know Nadia Whitthome used to be a care worker, so is still possible to find people from a normal background who want to do it. I don't think starmer seems keen though
There are issues around comparing modern working class with 100 years ago. The ranks from which eg Welsh Labour MPs were drawn were frequently not ‘ordinary’ people, but trade union & community leaders. They were the elite, often well educated (if not formally so), not labourers per se.
Not that shop staff aren’t educated but there isn’t any comparison in terms of experience or opportunities,
May 9, 2025 13:37I think experience of being poor would be a great thing for MPs to have, more so than anything else
True. But that’s a different point, and requires different ways of looking at working class representation in the modern world to how it operated 100 years ago.
