Gordon Brown was the first Labour politician to invent a capitalist background.

Evidence

While there have been Labor politicians who have tried to invent working class backgrounds for themselves before, Brown is the first to try and invent a capitalist background. — Mark Fisher, Capitalist Realism, 115

Categorization

• CANDY: A funny, tweetable jab: Labour politicians have long invented working-class roots, but Brown alone fabricated a capitalist pedigree.
• XREF: connects to: Labour politicians invented working-class pasts, but Brown was first to fabricate a capitalist one — Mark Fisher, Capitalist Realism: Is There No…, 115

Related

• Labour politicians invented working-class pasts, but Brown was first to fabricate a capitalist one (similarity 0.94)
• Gordon Brown fabricated a capitalist rather than working-class background (similarity 0.90)

Broader Connections

• Labour politicians invented working-class pasts, but Brown was first to fabricate a capitalist one #expands (0.95) — Mark Fisher, Capitalist Realism, 115