Thread by @essexoldbird

Musing on my being called a f***ing lefty liberal c*** by 2 #WestHam fans on my way home on Saturday. A thread

Firstly, if it wasn't for lefty liberal c***s that you hate so much, you'd still be working 6 1/2 days a week with no paid holidays.

If your kid (And he wasn't a specimen to be proud of) got sick, you'd be having to decide whether to take him to the Dr or eat.

We'd also still have workhouses, something for you to look forward to when your boss decided he didn't want to keep you on

And we'd still have slavery, although I suspect you'd think that a good thing.
You also seemed to have an issue with the right to freedom of speech and opinion

I think you'll find that our grandparents got involved in a war over that one, to keep our country a liberal democracy. As we were on the winning side, it does mean we have the right to peaceful protest.

You also failed to understand that the people out marching on Saturday were looking to protect your rights as a worker, and to retire to Spain, if you like.

You seemed to think I was your enemy. I'd like to enlighten you. Your enemies are not your fellow workers, they are the public schoolboys who are using you to help enrich themselves. They see you as cannon fodder, frankly.

If you think that the likes of Rees-Mogg, Johnson and Farage will do anything for the likes of you, then you need your head examined.

And finally, you made me ashamed. 2 grown men verbally abusing a small woman alone on a train.
I've served my country's health service all my working life. What's your contribution?
As a football fan in the shirt of my birthplace you shamed me.

I wasn't the one demeaned by the encounter.
The end

Oh and
I won't be intimidated. Born in West Ham, #MadeinDagenham ✊