In Britain, internal migration is out of favour
From “Billy Elliot” to “Everybody’s Talking About Jamie”
ON MAY 1ST it will be 25 years since Tony Blair’s electoral landslide of 1997. To understand his Britain, watch “Billy Elliot”, a film that would be released three years later. It tells the story of a lad from a Durham colliery town during the brutal miners’ strike of 1984-85. He dreams of becoming a ballet dancer. Jackie, his father, is disgusted. Then he relents, and sends him south to London, and to dance school. It is a story of triumph over birthplace, class and gender norms.
This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline “Moving pictures”
Britain April 30th 2022
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- The NHS is in seriously poor shape
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- In Britain, internal migration is out of favour
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