I’d like to add to my post people who get off their backsides and have a go can still prosper in the U.K. So the class lines have sort of moved a bit by people from a certain background now through grafting hard being able to live in areas perhaps their parents couldn’t. Doesn’t mean the white van man living in a posh area feels middle class.
I think a lot of ‘ class’ is marked by education now so I’m told.
So a kid with a degree in gender studies can be classed as middle class.