The two phrases, so beloved of politicians, stem from a fundamental shift in the role of the worker in post-industrial Britain.
The de-facto criminalisation of lawful protest by the British police only serves to highlight the fragility of the market order in its post-08 slump.
Art is being used as a medium for gentrification, as the middle class displaces that of the working class in poorer urban areas. While the superficiality of this movement is apparent, should the good name of art suffer as a result?
The view of work held by the right wing press, has little to do with the operations of contemporary capitalism. But a worrying proportion of the liberal and socialist left shares in this anachronistic vision.
