The constant dismissal of London as middle class/young ignores so many factors, because class is treated entirely reductively in political media and polling. Firstly, London has some of the highest poverty and inequality, (YES, including Islington)
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Northumberland Park ward in the Tottenham half of
@HaringeyCouncil is the most deprived ward in the borough and among 5% of the most deprived wards in England according to the 2011 census. We die seven years younger than in Highgate the other side of Haringey1 reply 0 retweets 9 likes
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This is why dismissive, ignorant jokes about all Londoners being middle class wind me up
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