Champagne socialist
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A champagne socialist is someone who, while possessed of great riches, supports socialist policies which have the aim of denying prosperity to other members of the community.[1] These hypocrites, common in the Labour Party and elsewhere in the United Kingdom, are similar to limousine liberals in the United States. The term "champagne socialist" derives from a combination of "socialist" and "champagne", an expensive, bubbly wine typically enjoyed by the rich.
Examples of champagne socialists
- Lord Longford, wealthy British socialist
- Robert Maxwell, socialist MP, publisher and fraudster
- Harold Pinter, socialist playwright and doyen of the Camden Hill[2] Set, a band of resistance fighters against claimed conservative "oppression".
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References
- â Lott, Maxim (March 11, 2019). Lifestyles of the Rich and Socialist: From Chavez to Castro, leaders who lived the high life. Fox News. Retrieved March 11, 2019.
- â a munificently wealthy district of west London, where he lives with the former wife of a Lord