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Originally Posted by garinda
What about wealthy and working class, what label do you attach to them?
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That's a whole different argument. Officially, on the a's, b's etc scale, class is based solely on employment not on income or wealth. It is possible to be middle class and have no money as such but it is also possible to have a great deal of money whilst being technically working class (a couple of plumbers I know fit nicely into that category). I think voting patterns used to be based more on income because the Tories obviously are a better prospect if you have money but I admit (as in your follow-up post) things went a bit nuclear with regard to voting patterns in the late 70's. Everything was dragged so much to the right that all else had to follow. Incidentally I think the present Labour party are, as a result of that shift, a watered down version of what the old Tories used to be. They're certainly not a socialist party any more.