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What is the origin of the phrase "Essex Man"? I seem to recall it being coined in a feature article in the Daily Telegraph, possibly in advance of the 1992 election. Not that I read the Torygraph, but it became a buzzword very quickly. -- rbrwr ˆ 18:52, 14 Aug 2004 (UTC)
I assume it was intended to be a play on terms like
Java man and
Peking man.
—wwoods 02:22, 19 Aug 2004 (UTC)
I have come across the term "Essex lad". Sounds like the same thing. // Liftarn
the term 'essex man' is virtually un-used in modern english slang. The term 'essex boy' is far more common and has a different meaning to what the article suggests. For example the typical 'essex boy' has no interest in politics unlike this article suggests. It also misses out some crucial aspects of the 'essex boy' stereotype. For example the infamous love of fast cars and the 'boy racer' image, also the stereotypical view of being cheeky, being a 'ladies man', excessive drinking and drunken violence. There also needs to be a section explaining that this is an unfortunate stereotype and in most cases is simply an untrue portrayal of a county that currently has the lowest crime rate in the UK.
To conclude: the name of the article must be changed and most of its content. OR a new article must be written under the hedding 'essex boy'.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by User:Jayjay1 ( talk • contribs) 10:48, July 22, 2006.
Is this really the case? "Essex man" these days seems to be mainly a cultural term referring to stereotypes of people from Essex, rather than a political term. (I can't recall hearing the term used much if at all to refer to, say, Andrew Rosindell's electoral successes.) There was talk about the phenomenon in 1992 ( Basildon was seen as the symbolic seat in that year's general election) but it felt more like discussing an existing well defined group in society. "Working class Conservatives" seems to be used far more as an equivalent for RDs. Timrollpickering 09:38, 21 August 2006 (UTC)
The opening paragraph of this article says:
But what does "Essex man" actually mean? Tim Pierce ( talk) 15:27, 11 December 2007 (UTC)
The section on Blair's Sedgefield anecdote doesn't even hint at the much more obvious reason why the car analogy is preferable for a national party political campaign: Sedgefield and Essex are approximately 240 miles apart. To put the shoe on the other foot, does anyone think an Essex resident would care a hoot about a political campaign by Blair centred around "Sedgefield man" or "County Durham man"? 31.185.45.187 ( talk) 20:37, 23 October 2011 (UTC)
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What is the origin of the phrase "Essex Man"? I seem to recall it being coined in a feature article in the Daily Telegraph, possibly in advance of the 1992 election. Not that I read the Torygraph, but it became a buzzword very quickly. -- rbrwr ˆ 18:52, 14 Aug 2004 (UTC)
I assume it was intended to be a play on terms like
Java man and
Peking man.
—wwoods 02:22, 19 Aug 2004 (UTC)
I have come across the term "Essex lad". Sounds like the same thing. // Liftarn
the term 'essex man' is virtually un-used in modern english slang. The term 'essex boy' is far more common and has a different meaning to what the article suggests. For example the typical 'essex boy' has no interest in politics unlike this article suggests. It also misses out some crucial aspects of the 'essex boy' stereotype. For example the infamous love of fast cars and the 'boy racer' image, also the stereotypical view of being cheeky, being a 'ladies man', excessive drinking and drunken violence. There also needs to be a section explaining that this is an unfortunate stereotype and in most cases is simply an untrue portrayal of a county that currently has the lowest crime rate in the UK.
To conclude: the name of the article must be changed and most of its content. OR a new article must be written under the hedding 'essex boy'.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by User:Jayjay1 ( talk • contribs) 10:48, July 22, 2006.
Is this really the case? "Essex man" these days seems to be mainly a cultural term referring to stereotypes of people from Essex, rather than a political term. (I can't recall hearing the term used much if at all to refer to, say, Andrew Rosindell's electoral successes.) There was talk about the phenomenon in 1992 ( Basildon was seen as the symbolic seat in that year's general election) but it felt more like discussing an existing well defined group in society. "Working class Conservatives" seems to be used far more as an equivalent for RDs. Timrollpickering 09:38, 21 August 2006 (UTC)
The opening paragraph of this article says:
But what does "Essex man" actually mean? Tim Pierce ( talk) 15:27, 11 December 2007 (UTC)
The section on Blair's Sedgefield anecdote doesn't even hint at the much more obvious reason why the car analogy is preferable for a national party political campaign: Sedgefield and Essex are approximately 240 miles apart. To put the shoe on the other foot, does anyone think an Essex resident would care a hoot about a political campaign by Blair centred around "Sedgefield man" or "County Durham man"? 31.185.45.187 ( talk) 20:37, 23 October 2011 (UTC)