Old Etonians, Latin, ancient Greek and the current class war

Dear Diary,

I read in the headlines (only some frivolous tabloid) that the head of the union which is fronting this current rail strike blamed "Old Etonians speaking Latin and Greek with barley a paid hour of employment between them." I watched the chap speak during his grilling by Richard Madeley (from Richard and Judy) on some morning show, and it would seem that my theory about Latin and ancient Greek being understood by the servile class in Britain may be misguided and misplaced. What does Mr. Lynch know of Latin and ancient Greek? Not a lot, it would seem. Much like Jonathan Pie, it is a stereotype, a cliché, that only the élites understand this language. Therefore I ought to rethink my theory, from top to bottom: it is not only the beggars and the slaves which understand Latin, but also nobby pricks that never did a day's work in their lives. Yet who cares about the bottom feeders, the well-educated slaves, the homeless beggars that have studied Latin? No one. It is only the élite that grab the headlines.

I have never been to a protest (though I have wandered through one by accident, during my many travels). I do not generally agree with protesting, preferring to maintain the status quo as best I can, going with the grain, instead of against it. However, evidently, things are not going well in Britain. People are starting to get pissed off with the plain fact that the privileged are getting richer and richer and the servile underclass - educated or uneducated makes no difference in this country - are becoming poorer and poorer. Everyone from railway personnel to teachers and even a barristers are starting to complain that their dutiful service to this once great nation is going unrecognised while the spongers (that is to say those that do little work but fare extremely well) are profiting greatly from such turmoil.

France is a nation which has earned its right to fairer pay. Take, for example, the health care workers and carers during the pandemic. They were permitted an €8,000,000,000 increase in pay after several sustained weeks of strikes. What did they get here for risking their lives on a daily basis (myself included, having worked in a care home during the pandemic)? Nothing but a clap, is the answer, an ever diminishing ripple of pity is what. Something's got to give, eventually.