02.01.2019 - 09:48 [ Paul Embery, firefighter. Trade union official. Socialist. Pro-Brexit. Blue Labour / Twitter ] In the 1930s my working-class grandparents moved from the slums of the East End and into a new, good-quality council home in Essex. One parent was able to stay at home and raise the kids and they had an annual holiday. That was during a bloody depression! Where did we go wrong?