The British Class System - A Colonist Enquires
Posted by: Deane F on 07 December 2006
In my country (I, at least, percieve) there are only three classes: Economy, Business and First - and you really only come across them on international flights.
A recent thread about smoking in pubs saw the words "lower social economic classes" used by Mick Parry. This got me thinking and raised a few questions:
Does the class system still exist in Britain?
Do any British Forum members identify themselves as being from a certain class within British society? By this I mean either in the sense of their parentage or where they have gotten themselves through education or employment since leaving home.
If any members see themselves as being from a certain class, do they think that they have ever been advantaged or disadvantaged at any time in their lives because of that class? (I mean in such situations as applications for employment or schooling for their own children - that sort of thing.)
If there is a class system still in operation in Britain today, is it more economically based nowadays - as opposed to being perpetuated by those in power?
A recent thread about smoking in pubs saw the words "lower social economic classes" used by Mick Parry. This got me thinking and raised a few questions:
Does the class system still exist in Britain?
Do any British Forum members identify themselves as being from a certain class within British society? By this I mean either in the sense of their parentage or where they have gotten themselves through education or employment since leaving home.
If any members see themselves as being from a certain class, do they think that they have ever been advantaged or disadvantaged at any time in their lives because of that class? (I mean in such situations as applications for employment or schooling for their own children - that sort of thing.)
If there is a class system still in operation in Britain today, is it more economically based nowadays - as opposed to being perpetuated by those in power?