And, you know, we felt very sure of ourselves and that - there was a tendency among the elite, you know, colleges to view cops as just working class stiffs, and how dare they stop and inquire of me.
The welfare state's expansion into every nook and cranny of too many people's lives has been less about saving people from deprivation and expresses more a condescending middle-class view of people as helpless and hapless unless the state helps them to parent correctly, improve their lifestyles, cut down on smoking or drinking, etc.
The Van Dyck Shirleys capture the enchantment with exoticism that seems almost as emblematic of upper-class English life as the portraits of lords and dogs on view.