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| The People’s March, Waitrose and Lidl | The People’s March, Waitrose and Lidl |
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| Your correspondents (Waitrose is on the march – but what of Lidl Britain, Letters, 23 October) denigrate the People’s March on Saturday for being middle class and predominantly of the liberal elite. Yes, it would have been good to see a broader ethnic mix represented, but I’m sick of apologising for being of that “elite” and for the denigrating way the term is used. | Your correspondents (Waitrose is on the march – but what of Lidl Britain, Letters, 23 October) denigrate the People’s March on Saturday for being middle class and predominantly of the liberal elite. Yes, it would have been good to see a broader ethnic mix represented, but I’m sick of apologising for being of that “elite” and for the denigrating way the term is used. |
| Surely the aim of our education system is to nurture children to become articulate adults, with skills and the will to earn a decent living and the moral responsibility to work for a civil society and to contribute to the public debate? | Surely the aim of our education system is to nurture children to become articulate adults, with skills and the will to earn a decent living and the moral responsibility to work for a civil society and to contribute to the public debate? |
| I travelled to London from Taunton because I feel that my voice is not being heard, because I can’t stand by while another, far less representative “elite” drives our country into the abyss and because, unlike Vince Cable in his address in Parliament Square, I believe history and the museums that testify to the past have something to teach us about the dangers of rightwing fanatics.Vicky DawsonTaunton, Somerset | I travelled to London from Taunton because I feel that my voice is not being heard, because I can’t stand by while another, far less representative “elite” drives our country into the abyss and because, unlike Vince Cable in his address in Parliament Square, I believe history and the museums that testify to the past have something to teach us about the dangers of rightwing fanatics.Vicky DawsonTaunton, Somerset |
| • Was this intended as a joke, or were you asserting that remainers don’t shop at Lidl? As someone who works on a till at Lidl – and is proud to do so – I am aware that some of the people I serve voted to stay in the EU. Assumptions about people’s voting patterns, choices or circumstances do not advance any debate. | • Was this intended as a joke, or were you asserting that remainers don’t shop at Lidl? As someone who works on a till at Lidl – and is proud to do so – I am aware that some of the people I serve voted to stay in the EU. Assumptions about people’s voting patterns, choices or circumstances do not advance any debate. |
| I wonder what leavers really expected or hoped for from Brexit. Was it really to have their interests served by a few overly vocal, self-obsessed politicians who use Brexit as a justification to indulge in navel-gazing or willy-waving rather than concentrating on finding solutions to the problems confronted by the whole electorate in their daily lives? | I wonder what leavers really expected or hoped for from Brexit. Was it really to have their interests served by a few overly vocal, self-obsessed politicians who use Brexit as a justification to indulge in navel-gazing or willy-waving rather than concentrating on finding solutions to the problems confronted by the whole electorate in their daily lives? |
| Heaven forbid that such MPs might get round to acknowledging the effect that reduced provision in areas such as benefits, education, housing, health and care services continues to have on so many of their fellow citizens and remember that they were elected to serve their constituents.Caroline DuchetChepstow, Monmouthshire | Heaven forbid that such MPs might get round to acknowledging the effect that reduced provision in areas such as benefits, education, housing, health and care services continues to have on so many of their fellow citizens and remember that they were elected to serve their constituents.Caroline DuchetChepstow, Monmouthshire |
| • I felt a mix of dismay and longing on reading John Nicholls’ letter. By far the majority of customers that shop in my local Waitrose read the Daily Telegraph and – more depressingly – the Daily Mail. We Guardian readers give each other a nod as we pass each other by.Susan PriceWhiteparish, Wiltshire | • I felt a mix of dismay and longing on reading John Nicholls’ letter. By far the majority of customers that shop in my local Waitrose read the Daily Telegraph and – more depressingly – the Daily Mail. We Guardian readers give each other a nod as we pass each other by.Susan PriceWhiteparish, Wiltshire |
| • Surrounded by 700,000 Guardian readers (Simon Lawton-Smith, Letters, 23 October)? Bet the editor wished it were so!Dr James WalshRustington, West Sussex | • Surrounded by 700,000 Guardian readers (Simon Lawton-Smith, Letters, 23 October)? Bet the editor wished it were so!Dr James WalshRustington, West Sussex |
| • Can anyone recall a large national demo that wasn’t largely middle class?Ian BullockBrighton | • Can anyone recall a large national demo that wasn’t largely middle class?Ian BullockBrighton |
| • John Nicholls is absolutely right in identifying the march as a “consolation hug for disappointed remainers”. Just look at the platform. | • John Nicholls is absolutely right in identifying the march as a “consolation hug for disappointed remainers”. Just look at the platform. |
| With the honourable exception of Caroline Lucas, there were Vince Cable, outside the Tory party probably the most dishonourable MP in the country after raising student fees, supporting privatisation of the NHS and selling the Royal Mail; Anna Soubry, who has voted for every dishonest and discriminatory measure in her government’s austerity programme, and Chuka Umunna, now receiving £65,000 a year for 12 hours a month chairing something called The Progressive Centre. | With the honourable exception of Caroline Lucas, there were Vince Cable, outside the Tory party probably the most dishonourable MP in the country after raising student fees, supporting privatisation of the NHS and selling the Royal Mail; Anna Soubry, who has voted for every dishonest and discriminatory measure in her government’s austerity programme, and Chuka Umunna, now receiving £65,000 a year for 12 hours a month chairing something called The Progressive Centre. |
| How often does it need to be explained that this is what millions of people voted against when they voted to leave the EU – self-serving politicians, happy to ignore those worst afflicted by their actions and more than willing to call for further referendums until they get the result they want?Steve KingPalmers Green, London | How often does it need to be explained that this is what millions of people voted against when they voted to leave the EU – self-serving politicians, happy to ignore those worst afflicted by their actions and more than willing to call for further referendums until they get the result they want?Steve KingPalmers Green, London |
| • Your headline on the letters about the People’s March may encapsulate the Brexit divide in simple terms, but the reality is somewhat more complex. | • Your headline on the letters about the People’s March may encapsulate the Brexit divide in simple terms, but the reality is somewhat more complex. |
| Nearly two-thirds of Labour voters voted to remain, as did Scotland, London, Belfast and large English cities such as Liverpool and Manchester, where many cannot afford to shop at Waitrose. | Nearly two-thirds of Labour voters voted to remain, as did Scotland, London, Belfast and large English cities such as Liverpool and Manchester, where many cannot afford to shop at Waitrose. |
| In contrast, the 71% of Tory voters voted to leave the EU are more likely to shop at Waitrose, as are people who live in wealthy south-east which voted to leave and has the most Waitrose stores. | In contrast, the 71% of Tory voters voted to leave the EU are more likely to shop at Waitrose, as are people who live in wealthy south-east which voted to leave and has the most Waitrose stores. |
| I myself shop at Aldi and voted remain.Steve FlatleyYork | I myself shop at Aldi and voted remain.Steve FlatleyYork |
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