I did 22 years here in the steel industry. The only time our politicians want to know the working class is when there's a war on. Then all of a sudden it's our country. When I was at school there were 240 pennies to the pound. It was worth more.
People think the working class person's stupid.
They're not stupid. Next Thursday there is a by-election in West Bromwich West, the seat vacated by the Labour MP Betty Boothroyd, who has just retired as Speaker of the House of Commons.