Class migrant Don Draper, from Mad Men. Credit: www.youtube.com.
Last year, something happened that forced me to think about the links between social mobility and democracy—I threw up. I had cooked some pasta for lunch, but in hindsight it was too much. I felt full halfway through but carried on, each mouthful making me more nauseous. When I finished, I washed up my plate, put it on the draining board and rushed to the toilet where I was sick.
