Working Class Left-baffling small-c conservative.
We WON, it's #Brexit!
We're not Brazil, we're Norn Iron.
May 7, 2023 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
My mother reared 10 kids in a 3-bedroom terrace during the darkest period of NI's history.
The only help she got was £7 pw Family Allowance.
The oul fellah brought 1 factory wage in.
We didn't have much but we were NEVER hungry.
Stop blaming the state for *your* Child Neglect.
Perhaps we lacked opportunity on occasion.
2 generations later, we've nurses, accountants, lawyers, business owners and all sorts.
They own houses & land all over the province.
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You made an implied promise to that kid when you pupped it.
Put some bloody effort in.
