scholarly journals Brexit and the working class on Teesside: Moving beyond reductionism

2019 ◽  
Vol 44 (4) ◽  
pp. 553-572 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luke Telford ◽  
Jonathan Wistow
Keyword(s):  
Political Parties ◽  
Working Class ◽  
Telephone Interview ◽  
Slow Motion ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Economic Interests ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
North East ◽  
The North ◽  
Alternative Perspective

Too often, members of the working class who voted to leave the European Union in the 2016 referendum have been framed as uneducated and unaware of their own economic interests. This article, based on 26 in-depth face-to-face interviews and a further telephone interview on Teesside in the North East of England, offers an alternative perspective that is more nuanced and less reductionist. The article critiques some of the commonly heard tropes regarding the rationale for voting leave, it then exposes how leave voters rooted their decision in a localised experience of neoliberalism’s slow-motion social dislocation linked to the deindustrialisation of the area and the failure of political parties, particularly the Labour Party, to speak for regional or working-class interests.

A multidisciplinary approach to the treatment of eating disorders via videoconferencing in north-east Scotland

2003 ◽  
Vol 9 (1_suppl) ◽  
pp. 37-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan Simpson ◽  
Jane Knox ◽  
Derek Mitchell ◽  
James Ferguson ◽  
John Brebner ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Eating Disorders ◽  
Eating Disorder ◽  
Nutritional Therapy ◽  
Nutritional Knowledge ◽  
Remote Communities ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
North East ◽  
The North ◽  
Number Of Patients ◽  
Therapy Service

summary Until recently many remote communities in Scotland, especially on the northern islands, were unable to access specialist eating disorder services. The Grampian Eating Disorder Service, based in the north-east of Scotland, has developed a video-therapy service that offers specialist psychological and nutritional therapy for sufferers of eating disorders. Twelve patients have been treated via videoconferencing. Patients consistently rated high levels of satisfaction with all aspects of video-therapy, and after their last session 67% preferred video-therapy to face-to-face therapy. A number of patients commented that, compared with face-to-face therapy, they felt more in control and less intimidated in video-therapy. There was also a trend for patients to become more comfortable with video-therapy over the course of treatment. Nutritional knowledge increased for all patients, and the nutritional content of dietary intake also markedly improved over the course of therapy.

scholarly journals PHENOLIC PROFILE OF HONEYDEW HONEYS FROM THE NORTH-EAST PART OF ROMANIA

2016 ◽  
Vol 73 (2) ◽  
pp. 105
Author(s):  
Mircea OROIAN ◽  
Sorina ROPCIUC ◽  
Amalia BUCULEI ◽  
Sergiu PADURET ◽  
Elena TODOSI
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Moisture Content ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Free Acidity ◽  
Glucose Content ◽  
Phenolic Profile ◽  
East Part ◽  
North East ◽  
The North ◽  
Acidic Nature

The aim of this study is to determine the physicochemical (moisture content, pH, free acidity, electrical conductivity, colour (L*, a*, b*, chroma, hue angle), ash content, fructose and glucose content) and to determine the phenolic profile (quercetin, apigenin, myricetin, isorhamnetin, kaempherol, caffeic acid, chrysin, galangin, luteolin, p-coumaric acid, gallic acid and pinocembrin) of five samples of honeydew honeys from the North East part of Romania. The honey samples analysed respected the maximum allowable level of the moisture content, which is established by the European Union at 20%. The acidic nature of the honeydew is confirmed by the level of the pH and free acidity of the samples, and is influenced in principal by the organic acids; all the samples had a free acidity lower than 50 meq acid/kg. The honey colour is dark which is confirmed by the level of the CIE L*a*b* parameters (lower values of L*, a* and b*). The inverted sugar level (fructose and glucose content) is higher than 60 g/ 100g, respecting the European Union directive. The phenolic profile of the honeydew samples do not presented one compound that can be considered a chemical marker, the major polyphenols presented into the honeydew honeys are quercetin and pinocembrin.

Brexit, Labour Rights and Migration: Why Wisbech Matters to Brussels

2016 ◽  
Vol 17 (S1) ◽  
pp. 13-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simon Deakin
Keyword(s):  
Working Class ◽  
Economic Insecurity ◽  
Weak Correlation ◽  
Labour Rights ◽  
North East ◽  
The North ◽  
South Wales ◽  
And Migration ◽  
The Eu

In the aftermath of the Brexit referendum of 23 June 2016, the question of migration has been at the forefront of attempts to understand what happened, and in particular why working class communities in many of the regions of England, and in parts of Wales, voted predominantly for the Leave side. Polling data show a weak correlation between areas of the country that voted for Leave and high levels of inward migration from the rest of the EU. The link between immigration and Brexit is very clear in East Anglian agricultural towns like Boston and Wisbech, but otherwise is weak. South Wales and the North East of England, which also saw clear majorities for Leave, are not areas of high EU migration. Instead, they are regions that have experienced successive waves of deindustrialisation since the 1980s. The overriding issue raised by the Brexit vote, in my view, is not migration as such (although that is part of the story), but a wider phenomenon of deepening economic insecurity, and the dangerous political dynamic it has created.

scholarly journals Sustainability in the Case of Small Vegetable Farmers: A Matrix Approach

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (18) ◽  
pp. 10320
Author(s):  
Ioan Sebastian Brumă ◽  
Simona-Roxana Ulman ◽  
Cristina Cautisanu ◽  
Lucian Tanasă ◽  
Gabriel Vasile Hoha
Keyword(s):  
Added Value ◽  
Entrepreneurial Activity ◽  
Vegetable Production ◽  
Five Dimensions ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
North East ◽  
The North ◽  
Vegetable Farmers ◽  
Time Space ◽  
Social Environmental

Considering that sustainability is a relative concept, but also that this limitation could be avoided through continuous adaptation of the evaluation tools by taking into account the directions of change (such as time, space, application domain), the goal of the present study is to elaborate a matrix for measuring the level of sustainability for small vegetable farms. Thus, looking at what sustainability could represent under such circumstances, we divided its characteristics into four main dimensions (economic, social, environmental, cultural), while adding the private dimension. Inclusion of the private dimension may provide potential added value to this study, and thus enrich the general perspective of producers’ capacity to meet the sustainability goals in their entrepreneurial activity. To quantify these five dimensions of the sustainability matrix, a questionnaire was built up and used as support for face-to-face interviews conducted at the level of the North-East Development Region of Romania. Our results showed associations between diverse components of the dimensions considered, revealing their synergy in farm activity, along with the occurrence of some differences in the levels of sustainability dimensions and sub-dimensions, which differ as a function of the specific types of vegetable production (conventional, ecologic, natural, mixed).

scholarly journals Paediatric Dentistry and the coronavirus (COVID-19) response in the North East of England and North Cumbria

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah Simpsons ◽  
Oliver Sumner ◽  
Richard Holliday ◽  
Charlotte C Currie ◽  
Virginia Hind ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Dental Care ◽  
Dental Trauma ◽  
Paediatric Dentistry ◽  
General Anaesthetic ◽  
Care Centre ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
North East ◽  
The North ◽  
Paediatric Patients ◽  
Patient Pathways

Introduction: Coronavirus (COVID-19) has dramatically changed the landscape of dentistry including Paediatric Dentistry. This paper explores paediatric patient data within a wider service evaluation completed within an Urgent Dental Care Centre in the North East of England and North Cumbria over a 6-week period. Aim: To assess demand for the service, patient demographics and inform paediatric urgent dental care pathways. Main outcome methods: Data collected included key characteristics of paediatric patients accessing Paediatric Dental Services from 23rd March to 3rd May 2020. Descriptive statistics were used for analysis. Results: There were 369 consultations (207 telephone, 124 face-to-face and 38 Out of Hours consultations). The mean age of children accessing the service was 7 years old. 7% of those attending face-to-face visits were reattenders. The most common diagnoses were irreversible pulpitis and dental trauma. 49% of face-to-face consultations resulted in extractions, 28% with General Anaesthetic, and 21% with Local Anaesthetic. Conclusion: Management of dental emergencies provided by the Urgent Dental Care Centre for paediatric patients has largely been effective and confirmed the efficacy of patient pathways established.

A question of neutrality? The politics of co-operation in north-east England, 1881–1926

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joan Allen
Keyword(s):  
Working Class ◽  
Political Party ◽  
Political Action ◽  
Class Consciousness ◽  
Political Activities ◽  
North East ◽  
The North ◽  
Long Time ◽  
The Great War

The Co-operative Party was formed in 1917, though its obvious links with the Labour Party were not formalised until the 1920s. Whilst this development has often been seen by historians, such as G. D. H. Cole, as an immediate to conditions in the Great War and lacking in any real sense of class consciousness, Joan Allen sees it as a much more as a long-term product of the radicalisation of a membership which was gradually unwinding its links with Liberalism much along the lines suggested by Sidney Pollard. Examining the Co-operative branches in the north east of England, she argues that whilst there might have been some disagreement about establishing a political party for the co-operative movement, and difficulties with the local constitutions of co-operatives which were not geared to providing money for political activities, it is clear that was, for a long time, the direction that co-operative societies in the north east were drifting towards in a region where working-class solidarity always counted. There was not the diffidence towards political action and class consciousness in the co-operative movement which some writers have suggested.

scholarly journals Impact of terrestrial and marine pollution on the Black Sea quality of water

2019 ◽  
pp. 192-199
Author(s):  
Victorita Radulescu
Keyword(s):  
Black Sea ◽  
Marine Pollution ◽  
Local Equilibrium ◽  
The Black Sea ◽  
The European Union ◽  
North East ◽  
The North ◽  
Sources Of Pollution ◽  
Quality Of Water ◽  
The Impact

Black Sea represents a direct link between the European Union, EU candidate countries and some Asian countries such as Russia, Georgia, etc. During the last decades, the Black Sea has been confronted with unexpected environmental problems. In the south part of the Romanian seashore has appeared erosion, in the North-East part of the Black Sea appeared a massive algae development, followed by modification of the maritime biological balance. In parallel, the maritime water parameters have been changed, partly due to the water discharged from the main rivers as Danube, Dnieper, Dniester, partly from the amount of freshwater from deep currents new appeared in the last decades, and partly due to the impact of the pollutant sources. Firstly, are mentioned some data, based on the local measurements and registered data, which underlines the actual situation, referring at the existing sources of pollution, the hydrocarbons and ions concentration, etc. with immediate consequences on the local equilibrium of the marine bio-system. The registered Turkish accidents with spilled oil briefly mentioned, were followed in a short term by a process of nitrification, with many consequences. Next are presented the appeared modifications, registered in the Black Sea fauna, some endangered species, correlated with the simultaneous apparition of some invasive species. Finally, some conclusions and references are presented.

Governmental Forums with International Participation as a Foreign Policy Tool: the Experience of Russia and the North-East Asia Countries

2021 ◽  
pp. 22
Author(s):  
Linlin Yang
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Policy ◽  
Host Country ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Intergovernmental Organization ◽  
North East ◽  
The North ◽  
Policy Tool ◽  
International Image ◽  
International Participation

The article examines the phenomenon of a government forum with international participation. Using the example of the Asian Economic Forum in Boao, the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok and the Jeju Forum for Peace and Prosperity, we analyzed the foreign policy meaning of such forums, identified their general and specific features, and defined this phenomenon. The East Asian case seems especially representative in the study of government forums, since the lack of trust and numerous historical, ideological, military, economic and other tensions make it difficult to create a regional intergovernmental organization similar to the European Union. The methodology of our research is «generalist realism», which considers the growth of supranational organizations in the 21st century quite logical. It is due to the desire of countries to facilitate cooperation, although it is carried out in the interests of any great power. It is concluded that the growing interest of national governments in this format of diplomacy is due to three factors. First, the host country expects to have a decisive influence on the formation of the agenda, the course of discussions, the preparation of possible political agreements, that is to create a new international institution under its control. Secondly, the host country seeks to expand economic cooperation and attract foreign investment, because most of these forums are called economic. It is extremely difficult to trace the correlation between investments and forums, but it seems incorrect to completely deny it, because forums with the participation of senior political figures and major businessmen increase the recognition of the host location. Thirdly, the host country is trying to improve its international image through forums, which directly depends on the political and economic status of the participants and the significance of the problems on the forum's agenda.

Travails of a Naked Typist: the Plays of C. P. Taylor

1993 ◽  
Vol 9 (33) ◽  
pp. 44-58
Author(s):  
Susan Friesner
Keyword(s):  
Working Class ◽  
Left Wing ◽  
The West ◽  
Community Theatre ◽  
Royal Court ◽  
North East ◽  
The North ◽  
Post War

The retrospective season of plays by C. P. Taylor at the 1992 Edinburgh Festival marked a welcome revival of interest in the work of this prolific Scottish playwright, who had also put down roots in the North-East. Taylor, who was born in 1929 and died in 1981 still in his early fifties, was a committed socialist who wrote sophisticated working-class plays for working-class people – and this not only made much of what he wrote unacceptable in the West End, but also, for different reasons explored in this article, unsympathetic to such venues as the Royal Court. Thus, while the range of his work reflected certain trends in British post-war theatre – the drive for regional and community theatre, dissatisfaction with bourgeois naturalistic styles, and the growth of the fringe – in other respects Taylor was untypical as a left-wing writer. His work deserves the reappraisal here attempted in part because of previous critical neglect, and in part because the reasons for that neglect themselves merit attention for what they reveal about critical attitudes. The author, Susan Friesner, teaches in the Drama Department at St. Mary's College, Strawberry Hill.

scholarly journals Social Class, Interactional Pragmatics and the Likely Lads

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 227-240
Author(s):  
D. M. Ponton
Keyword(s):  
Working Class ◽  
Public Support ◽  
Further Education ◽  
Social Progress ◽  
Class Structure ◽  
Ample Evidence ◽  
North East ◽  
The North ◽  
Dialogic Approach ◽  
Classless Society

Abstract Long exposed to the democraticising effects of modernity, Britain's class structure supposedly collapsed during the 1990s (Turner 2013), though against this contention there is ample evidence to suggest that its essential contours are unaltered, and that the classless society is itself a myth (Marshall et al 1988). This paper explores an earlier period, in Britain's not too distant past, when the labels, 'working class' and 'middle class' were less controversial. The BBC's sit-com 'Whatever happened to the likely lads?' (Clement and La Frenais), from the early 1970s, was one of its most successful ever, enjoying both public support and critical acclaim. The show follows the lives of Bob Ferris and Terry Collier, two working class school-friends from the north-east who, after a period of separation, find each other again as they start out in life. While Bob is aspirational, attempting to achieve his goals of social progress through work, further education and marriage, Terry pursues the same lifestyle, viewing his friend's progress in terms of class betrayal. An episode from the series will be explored using a pragmatic-dialogic approach (Kecskes 2016), to suggest that the invisible framework of class needs to be invoked in order to make sense of the dialogue

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