Monday 11 December 2017

Cheggemony

Apparently, Theresa May is giving some speech on Brexit, or she has been. But who cares? Keith Chegwin is dead. And that is the news. Well, of course it is.

Also today, Ed Sheeran, the biggest pop star in the world (for good or ill) and the darling of Middle England's youth, at least, surprises no one by coming out as a very strong Corbyn supporter.

His best mate is another huge star in Britain, but with a rather more working-class and ethnic minority audience, and is himself the link man between Jeremy Corbyn and Prince William. That's right. Prince William.

The dull-as-dishwater Tories just do not come into it. If this is the popular culture, then what can they get done even in the office that, if this is the popular culture, they cannot expect to hold for very much longer?

Even those of the Royals who have any real pull or clout these days prefer people who prefer Corbyn. This is what hegemony looks like.

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