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Indeed, 1 in 6 are most likely 'struggling' already. The UK ruling class have really done an excellent job of squeezing the life (physical, financial and social) out of the average citizen. I don't think they quite realise what they've done, and how angry people are. It doesn't feel like a happy country at the moment.

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My observation (as a UK citizen) is that vast swathes of the population have a severe and centuries-long case of Stockholm syndrome towards the ruling classes and landed elite.

They will profess patriotic support for private and for-profit schools having charity status and the incompetent and malicious political class that is churned out by these institutions, along with sycophantic support of the royal family and aristocracy in general.

The UK has systemic classism built into the very fabric of its society, and the ones claiming that classism is unhelpful and divisive tend to be the ones that wage class warfare against the poor and desperate.