Klassenbewusstsein in Großbritannien und der Brexit

Class war? Bitter social divide was major factor in vote for Brexit, study shows RT.com 30.6.2016

"NatCen Social Research’s findings focus on attitudes in the run-up to the vote and found high levels of anti-establishment feeling over issues like bureaucracy, immigration and governance.

The pollsters also claim that while 60 percent of Britons consider themselves working class – the same number as in 1983 – there is entrenched pessimism about being able to progress up the social ladder."

Most Britons call themselves working class The Times 30.6.2016

"A majority of Britons, including half of those in professional and managerial jobs, describe themselves as working class, according to an annual survey. Some in the middle class may have had their perceptions changed by the media portrayal of the super-rich, city bankers and chief executives of big companies, the report said."

Most Britons regard themselves as working class, survey finds
The Guardian 29.6.2016

 "Socially conservative working-class values were factor in EU referendum, says author of latest official survey of British attitudes

The majority of Britons identify as working class even if they have stereotypically middle-class jobs, holding values that suggest they are more likely to be socially conservative on issues such as immigration, according to the latest official survey of British social attitudes.

Although just 25% of people now work in routine and manual occupations, 60% of Britons regard themselves as working class, a phenomenon described as a “working class of the mind” that has withstood dramatic changes in the labour market.

Although politicians have on occasion declared that “we are all middle class now” the survey shows that Britons have clung to working-class values even when they have moved up in the income scale. Nearly half of people in managerial and professional occupations identify as working class."

Class exclusive: Seven in 10 of us belong to Middle Britain, Independent 20.3.2011

What is working class? BBC News 25.1.2007
According to a survey of social attitudes, 57% of adults in the UK claim to be working class. But what is that in today's society?
Most Britons call themselves working class The Times 30.6.2016
"A majority of Britons, including half of those in professional and managerial jobs, describe themselves as working class, according to an annual survey. Some in the middle class may have had their perceptions changed by the media portrayal of the super-rich, city bankers and chief executives of big companies, the report said."
Most Britons regard themselves as working class, survey finds The Guardian 29.6.2016
 "Socially conservative working-class values were factor in EU referendum, says author of latest official survey of British attitudes