So says Gideon Osborne, anyway.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2581860/Osborne-People-paying-40p-tax-feel-joining-aspirational-classes-success-Tory-MPs-accuse-Chancellor-insulting-middle-earners.html

Those that are new to the middle classes might like the sense of status it brings, but if paying less tax were an option i'm quite sure a lot of them would be happy to give it up. Regardless of how true it is, a rather silly thing for Gids to say politically.

I know this only affects a few of us on here, but thought it might be of interest.