Larry Williams Drive

Simon Wilson's column in the Herald today popped up on my phone this morning with this alert: Simon Wilson: Can we stop talking about the 'squeezed middle' now?  In it, Simon asks: “The squeezed middle: Is there a more pernicious phrase in politics?” And he goes on to argue that yes, the squeezed middle might be doing it tough, but the people at the bottom are doing it tougher. And there are other things that matter too. Like the climate, trains, the climate, e-bikes and the climate. The tone of the article is that there are more important and worse off people than the ‘squeezed middle’ so let’s move on already. I'm sure Simon represents a certain way of thinking out there so for people who think like Simon, let me lay out for you why there really is a squeezed middle and why they feel like they do. The squeezed middle are not rich people or comfortable people. They are nurses, police officers, teachers, parents trying to raise a family on one income so one of them can stay home with the kids. They are the fi