The Chattering Class

Wikipedia describes the Chattering Class as a derogatory term often used by pundits and political commentators to refer to a politically active, socially concerned and highly educated section of the metropolitan middle class, especially those with political, media, and academic connections. It’s a term used by people all across the political spectrum to refer to the journalists and political operatives who see themselves as the arbiters of conventional wisdom.

I’d describe the Chattering Class, somewhat less charitably, as a loosely knit bunch of reasonably well-intentioned middle class farts and fartesses with trendy leftist leanings who like to amuse themselves and/or confirm their superiority by manipulating the tiny little minds of the public. They can, from a position of comfort, security and distance, poke fun at and/or show their disdain for the less privileged. Their heart is in the right place but they don’t like the sight of blood.  They’re frightened of the somewhat violent solutions to problems preferred by the Apathetic Majority. The traitors Blunt, Philby, Burgess and Maclean would have identified with the Chattering Class but wouldn’t have considered themselves to have inflicted anywhere near as much damage to the nation.

The Chattering Class are well aware that Britain can’t afford to provide the calibre of care, guidance and support required to properly transform antisocial louts, villains and juvenile snots etc into decent hardworking folk. Unfortunately, they lack both the balls and the vision to support the introduction of the next best thing to which antisocial varieties would quickly learn to respond to and respect – an ever-so-caring but totally merciless regime of fear, pain, terror, deprivation and death.

Truth is, the Chattering Class are followers, not Leaders.