When did describing yourself as working class become an embarrassment ? It seems all wankers are now middle class, this feel good pat on the back for the masses is just a trick by politicians to make the masses feel more important / better about their shitty job as a Tesco manager or supervisor at quick fit.
When John Prescott interviewed a long term unemployed women, and asked her if she would describe her as working class, she reacted like someone had wiped dogs shit under her nose, "i,m not bloody working class , i have never worked in my life" she said snootily.
If you work because you have to, then to me you are working class, end of.