ABSTRACT
Holding fast to a world so sharply divided into 'Us' and 'Them' is part of a more important general characteristic of the outlook of most working-class people. Working-class people are only rarely interested in theories or movements. Working-class people can make quick impressionistic judgments of great skill in certain fields : outside them, or if they are deceptively approached under the correct flags, they can be as babies. The general point is further illustrated by two institutions—professional sport and Royalty—which, though they originate in the world outside, hold the interest of working-class people largely because they can be easily translated into personal and concrete terms. There are a few working-class areas in which a substantial proportion of people attend church or chapel. Working-class people, when they insist on a church wedding or funeral, are drawing upon beliefs which, though rarely considered, are in most cases firmly there.
