Does Britain still have a class system? | Dr David Starkey and Helen Dale discuss

‘Class is very persistent and very hard to get rid of.’

‘Class in Britain is complexly signified.’

Dr David Starkey and Helen Dale discuss whether Britain still has a class system.

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[lumpyfishgravy]

Starkey and Dale - dream team!

More of this please!

[MeTheRob]

Fascinating topic. I could have listened to much more of that.

[richjones]

It will soon have a Caste system with Indigenous British at the bottom.

[joyduncan]

Yes, Britain still has a class system. How do you explain Boris as PM? If he was a regular bloke there is no way he would be where he is today.

[johnmarsh]

Ah, yes. Class. Very difficult to define .... but very easy to recognise and David Starkey is full of it.

[freemenofengland]

I find birds of a feather flock together, especially as we get older. In this country the class system was much more open, particularly before the comprehensive education system shut down working class access to higher education. We don't even have proper higher education anymore, but that's a whole other issue.

[CNDUK-qr]

Traditionally the British educated upper middle-class was vitally important for at least five things:

1/ Allowing the cream to rise to the surface.
2/ Deciding what was right or morally acceptable for society.
3/ Being moral exemplars encouraging the lower classes in how to behave.
4/ Preserving higher Western culture: classical music, opera, drama.
5/ Fermenting culture and intellect.


These days ordinary people tend to look up to flash cars, Rolex watches and big houses.

[davidhookway]

Yes! I Class Myself well above Lefties, and Politicians .

[cunus]

Why do you keep cutting these video clips short? He was getting to his point and you cut him off.

[HaydnRees]

More David Starkey.

Much more Helen Dale.

[Mimi]

Dr David starkey was class he should have handled that whole conversation! His couple of minutes input said it all with impact.

[susanwhite]

This is so very true in the US as well

[suzenmillodot]

Why was Dr David Starkey's conversation cut short, I want to hear the rest of what he says!

[jasonthornton]

Australia is very stratified.... as a 50 year old I'm still asked about which private school I went to

[ashleybellofsydney]

The idea that someone living in Kensington is better than someone living in Hackney because they know how to identify a fish knife properly and ride a horse is ridiculous.

[ThePierre]

Lived in Australia for 11 years, loved it. However, my work clothes, see profile photo, and regular wear, this reception was starkly different. Snobbery, is in our DNA, every country has it.

[jamestyrrell]

YES...and yes ...that's why I moved from the UK to Canada.

[admonster]

yes, a property owners and the others.

[Foxingban]

the class system is as bad as ever as is nepotism

[rogeralsop]

Wonder what the BBC thinks? They all went to public schools and then Oxbridge.