[3 questions]boot in first/ in the cards of me?/ placing me in fruit cake.

Recently  I read TIME and came across some sentences that I don't understand.

1. "He immediately placing me in the marzipan (almost uppermost) layer of the British social fruist cake. "

2. "People make assumptions: men think I 'll try and run the place, strangers think I'll look down on them- so they get the boot in first."

3. "So is lazy RP (received pronunciation) in the cards of me?"

What are the meanings of the highlighted  words?

Thank You.

P.S. the above three sentences are quoted from "Why Can't the English Learn How to Speak?"  September 25, 2006 , TIME 

1. The marzipan is the second layer from the top on a fruit cake, so you are nearly on the uppermost level, but not quite. This is being used as a metaphor for 'class'.

2. get the boot in first - attack first (get the boot in - kick)

3. in the cards for me - in my future

That sentence looks ok to me.