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How to get away with being a crap parent

This is how my profile on the Mumsnet bloggers network reads: “A working class, socialist mum living in Glasgow writes about her life and draws wider political conclusions where she can.” It is not true and I should change it. I am from a working class background, true. But I have not actually been working class for, oh, two whole jobs now. My moving into the (lower) middle class is pretty much a consequence of moving to Glasgow. Nick persuaded me to do this back when we were in our one room flat in London. We could no more afford a two room flat than we could figure out where to keep a baby in one room. So we came up here, as I like to euphemistically to put it- “for the house prices” Once here, however, some other things happened: Whereas jobs for welfare rights workers were being cut left right and centre in England, the Scottish government is actually funding more of them. This allows the SNP to demonstrate their commitment to alleviating the Westminste