It is Yeats' Irish Airman I think of when thinking about the poor:
My country is Kiltartan Cross, My countrymen Kiltartan's poor, No likely end could bring them loss Or leave them happier than before.
The referendum was the first and only chance the seriously disadvantaged have had to make a serious difference in their own favour - or at least that was the perception that got Leave over the line. Whether it will make much difference other than earning the contempt of the snobbish petite bourgeoisie is of course open to question.
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My country is Kiltartan Cross,
My countrymen Kiltartan's poor,
No likely end could bring them loss
Or leave them happier than before.
The referendum was the first and only chance the seriously disadvantaged have had to make a serious difference in their own favour - or at least that was the perception that got Leave over the line. Whether it will make much difference other than earning the contempt of the snobbish petite bourgeoisie is of course open to question.
Ou est le roi?