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  1. Claire Barnes @[email protected] ·

    My first post here was 10 days ago, & the very first reply sent me down a fascinating #RabbitHole
    🕳️ 🐇 to a #Britain in which #Tories push for a fairer society with a #MinimumWage & expanded #WelfareBenefits, & our most beloved novelist skewers their opponents. Relevant holiday reading?

    Here's the conversation, long 🧵 - what an intro to #Fediverse!
    h-net.social/@ClaireFromClare/

    #JaneAusten #UKpolitics
    #WilliamPitt #PoorLaws
    #EdmundBurke #CatherineDeBourgh
    #CharacterNames #PrideAndPrejudice

    #rabbithole #britain #minimumwage #welfarebenefits #fediverse #janeausten
  2. Claire Barnes @[email protected] ·

    @Tony_Meredith Thanks for drawing my attention to the relevance of #PrideAndPrejudice to #UKpolitics today. 225 years ago #Britain had a #Tory #PrimeMinister pushing for a fairer society with a #LivingIncome & an expansion of #WelfareBenefits. He was supported by many enlightened landowners but undermined by proponents of low taxes, #TrickleDownEconomics, & #charity. All astutely observed by #JaneAusten!

    #WilliamPitt #PoorLaws #FairPay #MinimumWage
    #Edmund Burke #CatherineDeBourgh
    #SupportNHS

    #prideandprejudice #ukpolitics #britain #tory #primeminister #livingincome