The Class Game

• “How can you tell what class I’m from?”
• “ ‘Cos we live in a corpy, not like some /In a pretty little semi, out Wirral way”
• “Have I a label on me head, and another on me bum?”
• “Or is it because my hands are stained with toil?/ Instead of soft lily- white with perfume and oil?”
• “Why do you care what class I’m from? /Does it stick in your gullet like a sour plum?”
• “Well mate! […] Bread pudding is wet nelly […] And I’m proud of the class that I come from.”
• • It’s based on Casey’s own life experiences in Liverpool
  • In 1979, Margaret Thatcher became PM & made strict economic policies – led to recessions with high unemployment (especially in Northern cities – eg: Liverpool)
  • Thatcher got into conflict with industrial unions (rich got tax cuts BUT poor were often unemployed & had wages drop)
  • Some saw Conservative policies (in 1980s) as a form of class war (aimed at working class)