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Paul Embery. Despised
Contents
Guide
Pages
Dedication
Despised. Why the Modern Left Loathes the Working Class
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Notes
1 The Gathering Storm
The rise of the cultural revolutionaries
Nowhere else to go?
The Brexit revolt
Liberals versus the masses
Notes
2 We Need to Talk About Immigration
A community fragments
The far-right takes advantage
Pressure on wages: time for an honest discussion
Going backwards on productivity
The myth of a prejudiced Britain
It’s not just the economy, stupid
Notes
3 A New National Religion: Liberal Wokedom
The dead end of identity politics
Whiteness as original sin
Competing priorities
Why multiculturalism has failed
The gender identity madness
Free speech imperilled
The tyranny of the woke slacktivists
Debasing our language
The tightening grip of the law
Politicians run for cover
The presumption of guilt
The intolerance of the ‘tolerant’
Notes
4 The Case for the Nation State
Democracy devalued
Globalisation meets resistance
Turning the tide: challenging the power of global capitalism
Understanding the patriotism of the working classes
A meaningful citizenship
England forgotten: a tale of national dispossession
Notes
5 What is to Be Done?
Looking and sounding like Labour again
A radical economic policy
The importance of vocation
Promoting social stability and solidarity
Climbing the mountain
Notes
Index. A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
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V
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‘Many on the Left will hate this book and reject it wholesale. A more constructive approach would be one that engages with the arguments put forward by Paul Embery, a union activist and an authentic working-class Dagenham voice.’
Jon Cruddas, MP for Dagenham and Rainham
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This, in turn, has created a culture on the Left – one which in recent years has begun to infect public life generally – in which freedom of expression is nominally defended but is, in reality, under attack as never before. Honest debate and disagreement, particularly around contentious issues, are becoming increasingly precious. In their place, a rigid and oppressive conformity is demanded. Opinions that are still common currency across large parts of our nation have been delegitimised and effectively banished from the public square.
We have a new national religion – liberal wokedom – and anyone who blasphemes against it can expect to be vilified by its high priests and followers. Those who hold positions of prominence or influence had better be especially careful, for they risk seeing their livelihoods or reputations destroyed if they dare express dissent.
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