Is Britain's Class Divide Widening?

Britain has certainly become more multi-cultural and diverse, but does its traditional class system still stand? It seems the divide between the rich and the poor is growing ever-more prominent.

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[Harry]

The middle class have all the arrogance of the upper class but none of the charm I find.

[kavic]

I grew up in a council house in Longton Staffordshire, and the difference between rich and poor in the UK is education. If you don't have the skills necessary for the 21st century then you will stay poor. No government can legislate ambition and no government can solve poverty through hand outs.

[sydneylaroche]

im working class and travelled to a few countries and the cultural divide between classes in the uk is the worst ive seen. as soon as i open my mouth in the uk i am judged. i was the only one in my neighbourhood to get a degree and really struggled to make friends in university. it was clear the people i met mostly had no experience of the uk i knew, and i would never be one of them, moving abroad to a place where my upbringing does not define me was the best decision i have made. thatcher blair cameron and now may have all contributed to making the issue worse and worse

[undignifiedable]

As an outsider who visitied the UK in 1998 I came away with a definate impression of 2 classes.  1 lived in pinched tight conditions the other had all the room in the world.  I visited a tourist attraction at the top of a hill that could normally only be approached by walking up the hill - except for a party in a Rolls Royce.  Everyone stared at them thinking 'why are you exempt'?    The occupants of the car had such a relaxed acceptance.  Ordinary people in pinched conditions and another class with everything, accumulated on the labour of the lowly paid.  Legislate all class distinction (Sir this and that) out. Legislate for an environment that rewards effort and  excellence from anyone.  

[philbateman]

The UK the world's oldest democracy? Nope. Ancient Rome was a democracy about 800 years before England was even a thing. Let alone the UK. Sincerely, a Brit.

[jezebel]

'Twas ever thus. "It's the rich what gets the pleasure and the poor what gets the blame."

[Perry]

I almost teared when listening to the homeless guy talking. God bless those people.

[thatsplenty]

I am working class scum, and I fucking love it !

[fingalful]

In Britain, if a person says they're upper-class it shows that they are not. The upper classes refer to themselves as middle-class; thus a high-court judge being and a shop assistant being so. Things have changed greatly since I was a teenager in the 1960s. It was more cut and dry then. Even local accents displayed different class tones, though the great divider was grammar. An office girl then would have spoken grammatically. Nowadays even teachers and other professionals are semi-literate.

[Johnconno]

'Where a Sicilian invited me to row his Gondola...' Soho 1960.

[Danx]

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The only thing important here is money then class.
sadly if your working class and poor you'll die that way it's extremely hard even if you are lucky enough to go to university.
lived in Israel Spain USA Canada and now Mexico, life experience and the chance to study here for free convinces me of my beliefs .
Even the actors and singers today are all middle and upper class unlike yesterday's Britain where there existed a mix.

[flake]

Nothing about Council estates? Nothing about crime or education? Oxford one of the richest parts of the UK, this does not reflect true britiain at all.

[janemanby]

I love the idea that the nanny and husband think they are working class

[joemoe]

No different in Britain than America or any other failing state - the peasant class produce all the goods and perform all the labor for the things that the rich upper classes consume and enjoy.

[JazzyJ]

No matter what class you are, it is important to be humble and not vein about it.

[gordonbradley]

" rule Britannia, the rulers waive the rules, the peasants ever ever ever, shall be fools " !

[thesatisfiedcustomer]

This isn’t much of a reflection of the England I was brought up in.

[KnightoftheLord]

Im working class. Im not a stereotypical dirty, rude drunken slob as many posh people think of workers, but upper class snobs STILL look don their beaks at me when im at work.

[aleccap]

Amazing when the taxpayer pays the wages of those in charge only for them to increase the tax ? Voted by the people for the people instead we have these scumbags filling their own pockets. Why do these MP's need 90k a year that's basically a job for life ?

[alexcarter]

Having an eccentric and harmless hobby is very posh.