'These blocks [of bread] represent the necessities of life. You can't live without them, and my price is £1' Well done to Dan Carden MP for reading extracts from The Ragged- Trousered Philanthropists by Robert Tressell. We think this book should be in every school, as it encapsulates the struggle of the working-classes of this country, providing valuable social history as well as neatly explaining how capitalism can be exploitative. Give this a few minutes of your time. We're thinking of startin

48K views · 1K reactions | Labour MP Dan Carden's response to the budget was just excellent, using the words of Robert Tressell's 'The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists' to draw attention to the 'money tricks' used by the Chancellor to "mask his own government's economic failure" | The Daily Politik | Facebook

After a few years off, the Ragged Trousered Philanthropists celebrated their return to #boardmasters by jogging there from penryn, here they are approaching the finishing line. | Julian Gaskell & his Ragged Trousered Philanthropists

WOW! Ragged Trousered Philanderer@RaggedTP 2h Never forget: Starmer was Director of Public Prosecutions when it was decided there was insufficient evidence to charge Jimmy Savile. He never apologised. Starmer refused to sack his advisor Mandelson over his widely-known involvement with Jeffrey Epstein. | Walking the Breadline