The working class is in decline

Interesting to see the independent mulling over the old ‘the working class feels bitter and isolated’ routine.

It’s not just a rehash of predictable old quotes, though. The story does hit one or two topics on the chin.

In particular it highlights what a shocking job the last Labour government did and how they were fixated on forcibly changing the demographic of the country. As long as they, personally, could escape the ramifications; such as schools of children who couldn’t speak English.

It also shows what happens when you expand the middle class. Almost by definition, the working class shrinks. But is that necessarily a bad thing? In theory, no, but if instead you create a benefit-dependent underclass then clearly the answer is yes.

Then again, I do wonder who hasn’t been milking the system; especially when I see the salaries still being paid to senior figures in local government. At least four members of Ealing Council getting more than a cabinet minister, I notice.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/threatened-isolated-under-siege-the-uks-working-class-today-2302850.html#disqus_thread