Mandy Clare
Mandy Clare became a member of the Labour Party, having always voted
Labour, on the same day Jeremy Corbyn was elected in 2015. Politics has
consumed every single day since and in particular, campaigning to ensure
better political direct representation for working class people within national
and local politics. Mandy is a local Borough Councillor and North West
Convenor of the CLPD. She is also a member of Unite Community and the
newly-formed Don’t Leave Organise coalition.
Coronavirus: A working class mothers lockdown time to reflect.
Lockdown, Home-School and Class
I volunteered to write a daily diary for a week, as part of a study being run by Dr Lisa McKenzie, who is a social scientist and lecturer at Durham University and who was part of the team that conducted the Great British Class Survey. Lisa is a working class academic, woman and mother. I am...
Time To Say No Thanks To Business As Usual
Mandy C : Sleepless in Cheshire.
Sky News, Al Jazeera and RT have been decent enough companions through periods of sleep disturbance during lockdown. It’s interesting because sometimes it’s possible to get a feel for the next day’s Corona news plot-twist ahead of anyone who is managing to sleep well through this weird bunch of circumstances.
A couple of wakeful nights...
