Abstract
If the concern of the British population towards social class is proportionate to the number of films made by the British cinema industry on the matter, then social class is really a salient feature of the British society today. Indeed, with Trainspotting (about junkies from Edinburgh), The Snapper (about the relationship of an adolescent girl with her father during her pregnancy in a working class family), The Full Monty (about unemployed men and their struggle to find jobs), and tons of others, the number of films on social issues in Great Britain is huge.
In politics however, the subject is way less mentioned, or in a very vague way. "The class war is over," said Tony Blair during the Labor party conference last year. This affirmation seems clear but it was mainly pronounced to reassure the population and to tell people not to think too much of social condition. This declaration is simplistic when we think of the diversity of the matter of social class in the British society.
This feature might be the most salient one of the British Society. But is it the most important one? Is it the one that people most think about? Is it up to date?
