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Class difference is huge in the UK. There is a large ruling elite living miles from reality. A quick tour in cities like Manchester, Belfast etc show the enormo
by holoduke 4y ago
Class difference is huge in the UK. There is a large ruling elite living miles from reality. A quick tour in cities like Manchester, Belfast etc show the enormous amount of worker class neighborhoods. And these worker class people are falling below middle class standards now. Good that there is still lots of work availability. But if a recession comes and unemployment becomes a thing then huge issues in the UK will appear.
- jimlongton 4y agoThis analysis [1] and the linked FT article is eye-opening for many people. I can't say I am surprised though. I've traveled across the UK and the level of poverty in some areas is really shocking. [1] https://twitter.com/jburnmurdoch/status/1570832839318605824#m https://twitter.com/jburnmurdoch/status/1570832839318605824#...
- jeeeb 4y agoI think the real take away from those stats is that modern Slovenia is actually quite wealthy. Their GDP per-capita is similar to Italy and their HDI is higher.
- kazen44 4y agovery large class difference has always been a thing in the UK as far as i remember. And the only period i can think of when the economy improved drastically for the working class in britain was in the late 60 and the seventies.
- paganel 4y agoNot from the UK myself, but who do you see the '90s in that respect? (i.e. how good or bad they were for the working class people). I had the impression that they were not bad, certainly better than the dreadful '80s, and, on the other end, by the mid-2000s the "third way" shine was beginning to peel off.