The Ambridge Socialist
17th April
Vince Casey: from ‘slime ball’ to the Ambridge ruling class
The back issue of the Ambridge Socialist that poses the question of whether Vince Casey is a slime ball, peasant or decent sort, is one of those most viewed but developments this week suggest a change of status. The ruling class in Britain is a mixture of inherited wealth based on the land and new industrial wealth. New Left Review perpetually disputes the point but the Ambridge Socialist accepts this as a basic analysis. In Ambridge it is the Archers who represent old wealth across a number of representatives. New wealth has arrived by becoming part of the family-think Peggy (Archer)and Jack Woolley. Vince Casey who has made his money in abattoirs has a special relationship with Elizabeth Archer. This week David and Ruth have accepted his offer to fund solar panels for Josh Archers business…. Casey is now part of the Ambridge ruling class.
Ruairi: who cares?
Ruairi has told Ben that he is a male escort (or possibly male prostitute) he found an older female benefactor Julianne on-line. There is nothing illegal about any of this, so who cares?
Who is the Easter Bunny: who cares?
The hunt for the Easter Bunny and the identity of the individual in the costume has reached fever pitch this week. In earlier weeks the thought it might be the perpetually aloof Call Me Russ was mildly diverting but matters have gone beyond that. The identity will be revealed later on Sunday it seems
A day at the cars: Vroom, vroom
A deeply puzzling episode of the Archers saw Jill, Leonard, Ben and Beth go vrooming. Someone must have enjoyed it…
Maybe Vince is joining the ranks of characters in the Archers who have had a personalityectomy.. Those who were once “baddies” but the plot required them to become “goodies” without any particular intervening experiences to explain the change.