Seven Classes

[poliphilo]

According to a widely publicized piece of research Britain now has seven distinct social classes. I can't see the idea catching on- seven is too many to memorize or keep track of- but it might help explain (as Martin Kettle suggests in the Guardian) why our political system- which is predicated on the existence of only three- is so manifestly unfit for purpose.

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[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

I had a middle-class upbringing and an elite education but the test says I'm "traditional working class". At first I thought "piffle". And then I remembered that for the past 27 years I've lived in a working class area and done working class jobs.