Are midwits more likely to be middle class? (Looks at the LD conference)
I have to say the LD flag waving looks just so insincere and snobbish. It was "we are ok to wave the flag because we are the right type of people" nonsense.
Just bloody wave it because you want to rather than these ridiculous fake shows or patriotism. It was still like they were utterly embarrassed to have the flag. It felt awkward and staged.
But at least it seemed better than the ever increasing ridiculousness of the last night of the proms with those god awful EU berets which have become the political statement and statement of upper middle class snobbery. I found it slightly amusing because it was the same day as the march in London and it was a mix of people who were wanting to wave the UK flag, but probably were heading into London with it well hidden so they weren't mistaken as the wrong sort. And the beret wears who I feel are probably my red line in terms of free speech and should be criminalised for crimes against fashion. I'm pro EU and like I say, like the proms but can't bare this hideous smug twattiness and it has the effect of momentarily making me want to say "I'd rather have a pint with Nig".
And this is really the problem for me. All this reclaiming stuff, is hilarious because it's been entrenched in this sense of snobbery and yet more virtue signalling. It's fake and insufferable.
It comes back to the concept of the Lanyard Class.
DH has been saying for a few weeks, "for most of the flag wavers, it's about everything turning to shit and not having much to look forward to rather than racism. If you gave them an extra bank holiday and some flags to wave most of it would disappear overnight".
I thought he was talking bollocks when he first said it but I'm definitely coming around to the idea rapidly.
It's not a culture war, it's a class war.
Weirdly he ended up having a drunken conversation with a few guys last night about it. They said they wanted a local pub again. They said they just wanted something to be proud of. That's it. It's a feeling that everything has run down and there's nothing left (which feeds into this sense of disillusionment and almost 'Make Britain Great Again'). That owes a lot more to economics and these middle class waving sessions claiming it to be racist are somewhat missing the economic story here because, well luxury beliefs and attitudes because they are sheltered from it.
Weirdly this year has been the first where we haven't done really well in the football or had a royal occasion to wave flags too at so I wonder if there's something in it.
I can't help but feel the LDs attempt to 'reclaim the flag' really misses the mark on so many levels.
Out of touch, hypocritical, fake, snobby and smug superiority where they know best so are above listening to the 'other side', because they are on the right side.
Just fuck off.
(And lord knows if I'm saying this, then it's going down even worse in other quarters).