Neil Morrissey claims working class actors lose out on big roles to their ‘Oxbridge’ educated peers

Neil Morrissey has claimed working class actors often lose out on big roles to their ‘Oxbridge’ educated peers. Speaking with the Radio Times on Tuesday, the actor, 58, told how working class stars such as himself barely land big Global roles as Americans see Brits as ‘fey James Bond-ish types.’ Discussing the difficulty in his field, Neil, who grew … Read more

Neil Morrissey claims working class actors lose out on big roles to their ‘Oxbridge’ educated peers

Neil Morrissey has claimed working class actors often lose out on big roles to their ‘Oxbridge’ educated peers. Speaking with the Radio Times on Tuesday, the actor, 58, told how working class stars such as himself barely land big Global roles as Americans see Brits as ‘fey James Bond-ish types.’ Discussing the difficulty in his field, Neil, who grew … Read more

Danny Dyer credits Harold Pinter for helping him stay proud of his ‘working-class roots’

‘He never wanted me to change’: Danny Dyer credits late playwright Harold Pinter for helping him stay proud of his ‘working-class roots’ By Rianne Addo For Mailonline Published: 15:45 BST, 22 September 2020 | Updated: 15:46 BST, 22 September 2020 Danny Dyer has credited late playwright Harold Pinter for helping him stay proud of his … Read more

White working-class children are UK’s most deprived pupils MPs warned

White working-class children are UK’s most deprived pupils – and they’ll be hardest hit by Covid fallout too, researchers warn MPs Research was submitted to the Committee Education Select Committee Children eligible for free school meals half as likely to do well in GCSEs as poor people from ethnic backgrounds One Oxford University don said … Read more

White working-class children are UK’s most deprived pupils MPs warned

White working-class children are UK’s most deprived pupils – and they’ll be hardest hit by Covid fallout too, researchers warn MPs Research was submitted to the Committee Education Select Committee Children eligible for free school meals half as likely to do well in GCSEs as poor people from ethnic backgrounds One Oxford University don said … Read more

DAN HODGES: For new working-class voters, getting schools back is now as vital as Brexit

Former JCB driver Billy Brown feels Boris has let him down. ‘I thought I was voting for someone with balls,’ he tells me caustically.  Billy voted Tory for the first time last December. But he thinks the Covid crisis has seen the Prime Minister lose his way. ‘Boris should have sacked that Cummings fella. Everyone … Read more

DAN HODGES: For new working-class voters, getting schools back is now as vital as Brexit

Former JCB driver Billy Brown feels Boris has let him down. ‘I thought I was voting for someone with balls,’ he tells me caustically.  Billy voted Tory for the first time last December. But he thinks the Covid crisis has seen the Prime Minister lose his way. ‘Boris should have sacked that Cummings fella. Everyone … Read more