David Winnick's criticism in a 1968 House of Commons speech sheds light on historical and contemporary attitudes toward immigration, particularly concerning the white working class. This moment foreshadows later political shifts culminating in events like Brexit. The book "Underdogs" argues that media portrayal often skews towards representing older, angrier demographics, neglecting more economically vulnerable, younger populations. The evolution of the term 'white working class' illustrates shifting political landscapes, and the author, Joel Budd, provides a nuanced examination of these complexities and their implications for society and politics.
Many of those who act as the champions of the white person against immigrants, he said, have not in the past gone out of their way to defend the interests of the white working class.
The term white working class had become more ubiquitous than ever, and an insurgent political right... affected to speak for a kind of voter they claimed had been neglected and betrayed.
Microphones tended to be pointed at irate older men who probably did not have that much to moan about, while younger, less angry, more economically precarious people were overlooked.
The book's best material is about the messy and often fitful ways that society progresses.
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