Sure, yeah, the recent set of governments have had no interest in uplifting working class people however and so have simply denigrated them. This has, unsurprisingly, resulted in widespread disillusionment.
It is not just a lack of interest but policy that damages the ability of individual citizens to do it themselves. Combined with social policies benefiting due to economic and political bubbles. As these bubble shrink, or burst, many services decline in capability and quality. It handicapped individuals in one way but also made them dependent in another.
Child benefits etc, too. Every parent gets child benefits for each child.
I question the amount especially when people continue to produce more children when within the system. It ends up trapping people into a new underclass as they are isolated with a specific area of the job market. Do the math on the family. He is now trapped within that income bracket to maintain the current standard of living.
Spends a lot more on "defence" than it loses through spurious benefit-spending, that's for sure!
First off it doesn't.
UK Welfare Spending in 2017 - Charts
You do not see my point. America protects the UK just as it protect Canada. We can afford to redirect a lot of funding due to our alignment with a superpower.
I found that through searching for it myself.
Regardless of if it's the one you want to see, look at it.
Yes the majority tends to not to be successful across the board as it is far more represented in all classes. Consider why certain minorities are higher than the median and those below it. Influence include class, values, work ethics, transportation methods, method of immigration, and immigration policy. There is immigration based necessity vs desire as well.