The Chav Class: I'm Middle Class - Prescott - The Class System And Me - Episode 1 - 20081109

[@Kidsgrove49]

I would love to have seen Prescott's face when she said.... "but I don't work". Perfect repost.

[@MultiSmartass1]

You can't really get away from class in England. Despite the great and quite cataclysmic social and economic changes that have taken place in the UK, the class system still reigns supreme as the ultimate "sorting hat" and spihon of talent,education, employment. I don't think the English can ever get away from it. Class defines you in England in ways you have no control over . Its very fascinating and sad.

[@haydoncooper3744]

Always hung up on class they need to get over this.

[@sedwarg]

'but I don't work' hahahahaha

[@Twowings2fly]

This kills me every time!

[@bmu1982]

"But I don't work" - as my Dad said, that's not middle class it's upper class!

[@KINGCABA-if4nk]

😂 nine years late but she’s royalty of underclass. Chavocracy if you may will.

[@vodkaboy]

"tes parents doivent être très riches"

[@blackaristo]

I would love to see the rest of this. That was too much!

[@Dekoherence-ii8pw]

The twist at the end, lol. "But I don't work".

[@les1466]

themothman - This is the man that gets one of the funniest comments I have ever heard out of someone!! But I dont work.... LOL I'll tell you what, he can get my vote if he can make laugh like that again!!

[@rederic2004]

"middle class" means very different things in the USA and the UK. Her idea of middle class as "not poor" is common in the states.

[@MultiSmartass1]

@maaadkat I dont know what it like to live in England with the remnants of the class system. Here Class is a socio-economic phenomenon that nobody dares talk about even though we use the terms Middle Class and Working Class. I have a BA degree from a small state college here and I have been a freelance writer for 15 years. I agree with you-you are what you make yourself.

[@markgreet3543]

She's middle class, women allways love to be pampered 😂

[@maaadkat]

@mikeybrumbrum I like this one... My parents both come from working class backgrounds, have worked really hard and consider themselves middle class. I went to a grant maintained Grammar school and left in 1996 with some pretty poor grades. I do not have a degree and do want one. I'm self employed through my own Ltd Company, as an IT Consultant. You are what you make yourself. If you suck at society's balls, and never imagine anything greater, you will forever be a ball sucker.

[@locomason]

I think it's become easier to change how you are considered as times have moved on.

[@johnlighton7025]

Amazing

[@blackaristo]

Please post more of this documentary! That clip was a scream.

[@OUTBOUND184]

I want to insult her, but I'm speechless. They speak for themselves those kinds of people. Surprisingly.

[@Thedarksecret1]

Yeah, that was a real HUMDINGER at the end. Is the class system that rigid in England.

[@MultiSmartass1]

@Poldark3 Interesting. Class is a combination of pure economic capital and cultural capital. Even if you attain one, you can be looked down because of the other and because of the still rigid class positions in England and the UK as a whole, what you sound like, what you do for a living, what your interests and hobbies-every aspect seems to be added up and given a passing or flunking grade.

[@GeorgeMoonie]

This could be a minefield of a discussion ... best I keep my council

[@scottgeoffrey1793]

This is brilliant lol

[@CodyJarrett49]

'Well I don't work....so I can't be working class' lol

[@stewpot171090]

my god that was brilliantly funny

[@ffi1001]

'It ain't about what you got it's about what you're doing'. And she isn't doing anything. Chav

[@AJXOnline]

She is the product of a system. It's not her fault.

[@mandscat]

priceless!

[@adamcookie]

"But I don't work"... Says it all

[@slickman32]

yh it is acknowledged more by middle and upper class people rather then working class people, class does matter as it can get you to places that would be impossible if you were working class, sad really.

[@themothmanreturns]

No of course not, I was talking about Lord Ashcroft.

[@esotericist]

comedy gold

[@gerry54]

@GoldenLegends100 Look into it more... those folks are classed as "Upper Middle Class".

[@tommichael2136]

What a ghastly girl!

[@MultiSmartass1]

@BLUEHIPPO47 I would agree. The correct term would be New Labour and Blair's rise meant the exclusion of socialism as the reining political mindset of his Labour administration.Blair was a terrible choice for the UK people but a fine one for the elites.In essense, he has cotinue to push neoliberal economic agendas but through a seemingly liberalized face compared to the tories. Now, Gordon Brown was set up like James Callaghan in 1979 to go down with Labour's ship and usher in the Tories.

[@themothmanreturns]

@themothmanreturns This is Lord Ashcroft.

[@MultiSmartass1]

@ImaginedWriter That's a dead on remark and dovetails evenly with my own analysis of English and British society. The class system and all its basic educational, economic and social inequity is the oil that lubricates England and the UK and make it "drive" like a car. You take away or eliminate that class system and England doesnt " run" in the same way. No way the powers that be would allow that.

[@MultiSmartass1]

@barkyindustries Why is that? Im curious.

[@MultiSmartass1]

Maybe in the US which has a fluid class structure anyway. Not in the UK-not in England from what I can see. Class defines people in all encompassing ways there-from Speech to work. Granted the educational and economic opportunities are better in the 21st century than they were say in the 19th century but the rubric of class remains.

[@Crumplepunch]

You have to really work to make Prescott seem sophisticated in the comparison.

[@MultiSmartass1]

@barkyindustries So you are still in school then? You havent' taken your school-leaving exams yet I gather. Iam familiar with Chavs but what are Pikeys? Havent come across that one yet.

[@ImRobWalker]

Learn to use apostrophes correctly before attempting to insult someone.

[@Shushu3113]

hahahaha...so cute x..lol

[@themothmanreturns]

@thedavewalkershow This is the man that is the real face of the Tory party. This is the Tory party.

[@StandAloneForever]

Like where? Sorry that it sounds like an attack, im just curius to see where, i myself am working class (hence the wording lol) and have no idea what you mean, i think its ignorence on my part though.

[@dassnarmeanian]

The future of Britain, "iz jus lark middle class" lol

[@missstevie124]

AND ONE MORE THING IF U LOOK AT THIS VIDEO AGAIN U WILL SEE ME AND THE GIRL IN THE PINK TOP DIDNT REALLY GET A CHANCE TO SAY ANYTHING!!!!

[@missstevie124]

HI TO ALL THEM PEOPLE THATS PUTTING ME DOWN COZ IM IN THIS IM THE ONE WITH THE WHITE TOP ON I NEVER SAID I WAS WORKING CLASS I FOUNT IT FUNNY THAT MA FRIEND SAID THAT BUT IF SHE THINKS SHES IS THEN LET IT BE BUT U SHOULDNT BE PUTTING OTHER PEOPLE DOWN I DONT THINK IM WORKING CLASS OR MIDDLE CLASS OR LOWER CLASS IM JUST ME BUT OTHER PEOPLE THINK DIFFERENT OF ME LIKE ALL OF U DONT EVEN NO ME FOR A START!!

[@SoylentGreeeen]

"But I don't work"

[@OUTBOUND184]

I'd reeeeeally like to watch the full episodes of this. Anyone know where I can??

[@lxprctr]

Ne naw Ne naw oh shit

[@kh9234]

Working class no underclass yes.

[@Mazthoril]

@Lukege15 interesting logic, since it was labour who gave rise to the benefit scroungers...

[@finalscythe]

Hahaha Clearly she knows a thing or two about this day and age lol.

[@TheEmperorhirohito]

Why can't we put these people in prison

[@NeutralAtJSP]

Poor people.

[@scottgeoffrey1793]

I have a friend who considers himself as a middle class professional, I on the other hand consider myself as working class. The strange things is that I earn roughly 3 times what he does. Is he really working class if he is earning only one third of what I'm earning?

[@davidc4408]

Class is not about money. Drug dealer makes more than a teacher

[@MultiSmartass1]

@barkyindustries Well, though I posess a reaonsable amount of knowledge about English and British society, I still dont know why you say you hate being English. Is it simply because of class?

[@MultiSmartass1]

@themothmanreturns I never stated that the US doesn't have a class structure. Our construct isnt as calcified and ossified as the Brits primarily because of rising and lowering of class due to factors such as education, profession and income. Our system is largely a socio-economic one which it seems England's is slowly becoming. Part of the propaganda function in the states is to exclude talk of class in any specific way.I agree-capitalism does lead to segregation.

[@sedwarg]

Capitalism and class only allow people to better themselves if they realise were they stand within the system.

[@SirYinny]

HAHAHAAHAHAHAHA

[@shirazlodhi4903]

The girl is right

[@TheDensley7]

@missstevie124 Fair play to you, I'm sick of all these wankers judging people. Take care.

[@themothmanreturns]

@1988MILLWALL I think Labour has helped the working class through: vast investment in education and the NHS, the minimum wage, working tax credits, sure start childrens centres, winter fuel allowance. And if you think putting more people on the dole is going to bring the deficit down you are very much mistaken, there are jobs there and they should be invested in not cut as soon as possible.

[@Mistoxx]

Clearly it's be better to be middle class though lol

[@maaadkat]

... * do not want one

[@frankton98]

I really hope you're being sarcastic!

[@themothmanreturns]

@thedavewalkershow While ever politicians are allowed to take advantage of the system, they will. There needs to be a reform of government, which Labour and the Lib Dems agree with. The Tories say all they will do is get rid of the bad ones. This still leaves other politicians to take advantage of the system after the storm has blown over. Why is this? There's a certain Lord Ashcroft that won't let them.

[@drink123binge]

She has no class..... Only class A,B and C if you get what I mean.

[@catpir]

everyone needs to open their eyes to this system...everything is not as it seems...educate yourself...for those of you who are wise enough to even realize what im talking about, spread the word bcoz this industry is effing us all up.

[@Mazthoril]

@HoneyMonster222 yes they are young people, well done...what's that got to do with anything I've said?? And how does that make me an idiot?... And not that it's really relevant but at 16 I was doing my engineering apprenticeship, not scrounging off benefits. Did you even have a point to make..?

[@FuriousBOIAngel]

Ur not saying Prescott is a Tory r u themothmanreturns ???? !!!!!

[@whitchurchfan]

Classes society?? Naaa. Upper class is nobility who are stinking rich and may or may not work, middle class are people that have enough money and don't necessarily need to work but they choose to, working class are people that have to work to live and may claim a bit of benefit that helps them make ends meet and keep them actively working, then there is benefit class who are healthy but piss lazy and sponge off the state. Nuff said.

[@locomason]

But I don't work.

[@Thedarksecret1]

@SoylentGreeeen Gentlmen don't work they invest. That's how they make their money.

[@themothmanreturns]

@MultiSmartass1 Well we do not want it where you daren't even talk about it, its not a phenomenon, it is an important issue and it needs tackling head on. And it's not just down to yourself to make your way in life - everybody has a different start in life depending on your upbringing, this is why education plays such an important role. I think it is naive of you to suggest your country doesn't have a class system, capitalism does create segregation and we shouldn't simply forget it.

[@modernmod89]

well if you actually knew marxist history like you claim to you'd think differently. The first revolution is the bourgeois revolution wherest the aristocracy is overthrown and a economy based on money is instilled with a parliamentary democracy that favours the middle class runs the state. There develops a tiny capitalist class, and the gap between the proletariat and this capitalists who own the means of production is widened, however a bourgeois middle class who have political power stillexist

[@redmeatheart]

Why does anyone call it working class. Whats next in this sequence upper, middle...... lower. Working class people are ashamed of being lower class, Same as middle class people are ashamed of being middle class, because it implys there boring and conventional. It's only the upperclass that dont give a shit about it. Really if it's solely about money what about a person that has a masters degree but cant get a job, are they lower class?

[@Yazzie95]

She is the thickest person I have heard

[@themothmanreturns]

@thedavewalkershow Don't talk rubish. Everybody espires to be rich, what is wrong with that? Given the chance anybody would take the money and everybody has not just prescott. Surely it is worse when the Tories do the same even though they have more money to start with. The point is clvss is a matter of principles, you can still be rich and help the working class, something the Tories know nothing about. Before you start accusing others look closer home, in particular Lord Ashcroft.

[@MrBronwaugh]

Thumbs up if your middle class. Can't believe I just said that.

[@ImRobWalker]

You're*

[@mattfrain95]

considering the police sirens are consistent throughout the longer version of the video and the area he is investigating in the full episode i think it more than an assumption to believe she is working class, let alone her idiotic idealist views on how the world works lol

[@intboom]

He's the idealist though, for thinking they work or possess anything resembling class solidarity or community. She's dealing with the world as it is by living a comfortable life without having to work