Carns is both partly wrong, as knowledge and culture workers were key participants in the early labour movements in the UK, and misguided for the reasons Tarik touches on.
Who are "the workers" in a knowledge & services economy? An economy Labour played its role in building.
Mark McGeoghegan
It seems a good day to remind people that in the UK 3 times as many people work in Indian restaurants or for McDonalds as in the whole coal and steel industry. 5 times as many are academic staff at universities. If Labour does not understand its electorate, there is no way to appeal to it.
