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Carnelian...you said it yourself 'Broad sweeping generalisation'I have a pretty huge extended family and we can cover all the bases you mentioned. If we can get along and just get on with it, surely the Nation is ready too!. Unless, of course, some staunch class warriors from both sides want to keep this bollox going for another couple of thousand years. Then feel free, we do afterall live in a Democracy
Absolutely, it is a very broad sweeping generalisation and like all broad sweeping generalisations it doesn't quite stand up to exact scrutiny and certainly can't be applied as a general rule.
It's just an observation of the how the left in the media and entertainment generally disparage the right for their selfishness and perceived lack of class while often looking after their own interests, i.e. sending their kids to private schools etc. I think of Shabby as a knowing example of that type and knowingly confirming to the "Daily Mail" stereotype of a Guardian reading liberal lesbian lefty. A post-Islington elitist if you like.
While on the other side there's the right who sneer at the 'champaign socialists' and moan about the 'liberal elite' owning the media and entertainment industries - hence the hatred of the BBC, forgetting that they tend to have ownership everything else.
I just put it out there as a general underlying explanation of antipathy that some people on both sides can sometimes display and why they display such attitudes. That's why I think Shabby doesn't get along with Ben.