Proud - great-niece of two Jarrow marchers marks the 90th anniversary at Downing Street
The historic visit has been hailed by Prime Minister Andy Burnham as a chance to "right the wrong" of 1936, when the Jarrow Marchers' pleas for help went unanswered.
Speaking exclusively to the Shields Gazette, he said: “It's been 90 years since the Jarrow Marchers were turned away. They had walked almost 300 miles to demand jobs and a future for their town, but they were ignored.
“I'm glad that we've been able to right this wrong.
The historic visit has been hailed by Prime Minister Andy Burnham as a chance to "right the wrong" of 1936, when the Jarrow Marchers' pleas for help went unanswered.
Speaking exclusively to the Shields Gazette, he said: “It's been 90 years since the Jarrow Marchers were turned away. They had walked almost 300 miles to demand jobs and a future for their town, but they were ignored.
“I'm glad that we've been able to right this wrong.
A chap is bound to wonder if there is any virtue-signalling opportunity Burnham wouldn't grasp. William the Conqueror’s Harrying of the North is a tad remote even for Northern Bloke, but as it took place in Manchester, the Peterloo Massacre is a possibility.
Maybe he's done Peterloo already, it's not easy to keep up.
5 comments:
...so in Andy Burnham World anyone with a grievance, right or wrong, should not be ignored? What about contradictory grievances? Or ones that are completely bonkers or call for the suspension of physics?
DJ - yes there is a point there, why should physics hog so many explanations? What about astrology, sorcery, carbon capture and the politics of Jeremy Corbyn?
I wonder what she will dedicate the rest of her life to now. Probably become a scum party MP and fight against all the usual bad White man evils.
So when will he apologise to Wat Tyler over treatment of the 1381 peasants revolt over the poll tax?
Mike - there must be some attraction to taking it further, a sense of being noticed can be powerful even if it's for dubious reasons.
Woodsy - that's a point, an apology from the Mayor of London at least.
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