[cardiology-fat]

Just a note for American readers. In the US calling someone 'middle class' means that they are fairly ordinary salt-of the earth folks living a normal life, but who are not poor and not living paycheque to paycheque.

This is not true in the UK. To call someone middle class here means that they are above average in money and social status. It would probably be similar to calling someone 'upper-middle class' in the USA.

[tonyedgecombe]

That sounds more like the upper middle class:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_class_in_the_United_Kin...

[cardiology-fat]

Well people use the terms differently, but I think upper-middle class in the UK corresponds roughly to the lower-reaches of the upper class in the US: lots of money, interested in high culture, maybe expensive private schools and multiple houses, but probably not aristocracy/senator/private jet level.