Blindboy (Host)

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7,390 appearances 9 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 1 Sep

Blindboy (Host)’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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The Blindboy Podcast · A cultural history of Englishman, Scotsman and Irishman Jokes · 1 Sep 2026 podcast

Where are the working men's clubs now? voice-verified

About them have disappeared. voice-verified

Because Margaret Thatcher brought in neoliberalism in the 80s and shut down national industries, shut down the coal mines, shut down the factories, gave the workers who owned their council houses the right to buy. voice-verified

Those houses now entered the private market, but new council houses weren't built. voice-verified

Working class communities become evident. voice-verified

They lose their community centers, they lose their work in men's clubs, and now these areas are incredibly poor. voice-verified

You see things like men's sheds emerging in that space. voice-verified

You see Nigel Farage and the Reform Party and Brexit voters emerging from that space. voice-verified

All those jokes did is they divided a community that should have been together as one. voice-verified

They all have one thing. voice-verified

in common. voice-verified

Caribbean, Irish or white working class, you're all working class, you're all working in the same factory. voice-verified

You all need solidarity for collective bargaining to keep the union strong. voice-verified

Who did those jokes benefit in the end? voice-verified

The capitalist class, the billionaires, the private interests enabled by Thatcher that dismantled and took over British industry, the racism fractured. voice-verified

Potential working class solidarity by encouraging the workers to identify against the Irish black immigrant workers who shared the same material interests. voice-verified

It made unified resistance a lot more difficult. voice-verified

And when neoliberalism tore apart the fucking unions, dismantled the communities, the police. voice-verified

Police on horseback, cracking the skulls of striking miners, covered head to toe in soot. voice-verified

Those police didn't give a fuck who you are. voice-verified

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