The Street

Just finished watching The Street by Jimmy McGovern.
Good series, and great TV, but why does everything from the North West insist on peddling the same reactionary cliché that all middle class people in positions of authority are a) gormless, b) insensitive, c) snobs.
Class affects us all, but it's the working class prejudice against the aspirational that keeps the working class down.
Why can't the English learn to think upwards like the Americans and the Australians?
Come on, let's give it a try.