“Despite being a privately educated stockbroker, Farage’s everyman image found the same appeal as Johnson’s.”
― Broken Heartlands: A Journey Through Labour's Lost England
― Broken Heartlands: A Journey Through Labour's Lost England
“His story from there is a classic Conservative tale of entrepreneurship: on top of the weekly dole money, he was given additional funding attend a course to form a business plan. After beginning with a £40 a week grant for the first year of his business, his electrical company has celebrated twenty-six years of business.”
― Broken Heartlands: A Journey Through Labour's Lost England
― Broken Heartlands: A Journey Through Labour's Lost England
“She correctly deduced that Brexit was about ‘identity and belonging’ and ‘recognizing some of the legitimate concerns’ about how society had changed.”
― Broken Heartlands: A Journey Through Labour's Lost England
― Broken Heartlands: A Journey Through Labour's Lost England
“For Boyers, the decline in Grimsby was all down to the Cod Wars. ‘Not Brexit, not Europe, not the Common Fisheries Policy . .”
― Broken Heartlands: A Journey Through Labour's Lost England
― Broken Heartlands: A Journey Through Labour's Lost England
“But even its supporters know it created dislocation for certain industries.”
― Broken Heartlands: A Journey Through Labour's Lost England
― Broken Heartlands: A Journey Through Labour's Lost England
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