{"id":152291,"date":"2019-11-24T10:22:51","date_gmt":"2019-11-24T10:22:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/?p=152291"},"modified":"2019-11-24T10:22:51","modified_gmt":"2019-11-24T10:22:51","slug":"politicians-seem-childish-to-the-working-class","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2019\/11\/24\/politicians-seem-childish-to-the-working-class\/","title":{"rendered":"Politicians &#8216;seem childish to the working class&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>General election 2019: Politicians &#8216;seem childish to the working class&#8217;<br \/>\nWindow cleaner Liam Wildish spends his spare time washing road signs and organising litter picks in his home town.<\/p>\n<p>He says working people think politicians &#8220;seem childish&#8221; and thinks everyone &#8211; not just our leaders &#8211; should do a little bit to help their community.<\/p>\n<p>Volunteers who help him keep Retford in Nottinghamshire tidy say MPs need to do more to protect the environment.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"400\" height=\"500\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/av\/embed\/p07vp2kz\/50507149\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General election 2019: Politicians &#8216;seem childish to the working class&#8217; Window cleaner Liam Wildish spends his spare time washing road signs and organising litter picks in his home town. He says working people think politicians &#8220;seem childish&#8221; and thinks everyone &#8211; not just our leaders &#8211; should do a little bit to help their community. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2019\/11\/24\/politicians-seem-childish-to-the-working-class\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Politicians &#8216;seem childish to the working class&#8217;<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-152291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-musings"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6NRDR-DCj","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":178773,"url":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2025\/03\/12\/ouch-diy-is-dangerous\/","url_meta":{"origin":152291,"position":0},"title":"Ouch DIY is Dangerous","author":"diana Stone","date":"March 12, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"I had an accident doing some DIY today. 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