Woman's Own

DAWN NEESOM MIND OF MY OWN

WHAT DID YOUR PARENTS WORK AS?

Claiming to come from a working-class family seems to be ‘trendy’

My old man’s a dustman; He wears a dustman’s hat; He wears cor blimey trousers; and lives in a council flat… Anyone else remember that? Back in the day (1960 to be precise) it used to be a very popular tune by British skiffle singer Lonnie Donegan and made it all the way to number one.

Yeah, OK, hardly Taylor Swift I know but bear with me on this one. Because, according to today’s batch of politicians,

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