>>105212858Because 1910 was a period of extreme development and the rise of the true middle class in Britain.
in 2018, the class divide is wider than it ever has been and social mobility is done entirely through oiling the palms of the financial sector due to a rapid series of extremely corporatist policies from both the left and right.
Sure, the poor having better living conditions due to the welfare state, but it also means the middle class and even the working class have been devastated by the focus of wealth purely through the government approved ends.
To make it simple, Self-employment is purposely made a pain in the arse in the UK, to the point it's almost a pipe dream for anyone who doesn't submit to the Government's massive overarching control.