{"id":28859,"date":"2018-02-08T14:31:51","date_gmt":"2018-02-08T14:31:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/intercardiff\/?p=28859"},"modified":"2018-02-08T14:31:51","modified_gmt":"2018-02-08T14:31:51","slug":"the-british-ruling-class-has-lost-control-says-chris-nineham-at-the-launch-of-his-new-book-in-cardiff-on-tuesday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/business-culture\/the-british-ruling-class-has-lost-control-says-chris-nineham-at-the-launch-of-his-new-book-in-cardiff-on-tuesday","title":{"rendered":"The British Ruling Class has Lost Control says Author and Activist in Cardiff"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Author and activist, Chris Nineham says that we don\u2019t have a government in Britain at the launch event of his new book<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The author speaking at the launch event organized by the Cardiff People\u2019s Assembly argued that the recent events in Britain has proved a dysfunction in the corridors of power.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_32881\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-32881\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-32881\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/02\/edited-image-625x351.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"351\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-32881\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-32881\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/02\/edited-image-625x351.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"351\" \/><\/noscript> <strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 The author, Chris Nineham signing his book at the event<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThere is constant disunity, no sense of purpose and no real strategy. Partly this is because of the low caliber of politicians who are in charge of things,\u201d he says.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">A weak and unpopular establishment is losing control &#8211; Chris Nineham is interviewed about his book &#8216;How the Establishment Lost Control&#8217; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2h9VjVdgjA\">https:\/\/t.co\/2h9VjVdgjA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Counterfire (@counterfireorg) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/counterfireorg\/status\/977089993431814144?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 23, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201c60% of people in Britain define as working class. There is a growing sense of inequality which is a big problem and the society is divided with a tiny minority benefiting and the majority is getting secured.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">He argued that the sense of anger and confusion generated by these events has directed the common people towards the left wing. He also added that the dislocation felt by them reinforced the rise of Jeremy Corbyn.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">He criticizes the Labour party\u2019s efforts to undermine Jeremy Corbyn\u2019s message and accuses the BBC of organizing a propaganda against Corbyn.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWe are in a very exciting situation now but anyone thinking that getting Jeremy in with the people around him into parliament is going to bring about the change is delusional,\u201d he added.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&#8220;This is a book to cheer you up. The game\u2019s afoot. The old certainties are fading.&#8221; &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KenLoachSixteen?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@KenLoachSixteen<\/a> on Chris Nineham&#8217;s new book <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Ew8KOGvj3j\">pic.twitter.com\/Ew8KOGvj3j<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Writing on the Wall (@wowfest) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wowfest\/status\/910770595104804865?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 21, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">However, he believes that real change can be brought about by mass participation and says that the impact of these protests are not often mentioned.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">According to Chris, the British society has developed through the mass demonstrations and campaigns in the past.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cMass participation in every city, community, every university will be critical in bringing change.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Being a socialist and activist, he concluded the talk by reminding people that change starts from the ground level.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cSocialism is nothing if it is not about popular participation in politics, Socialism is nothing if it is not about mass mobilization, it is nothing if it is not about an act of self- liberation on the part of working people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chris Nineham, the author and activist argues that the British government has no strategy to solve the problems they are facing today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":492,"featured_media":32882,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"coauthors":[734],"class_list":["post-28859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-culture"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - 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