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Post by hallmackem on May 14, 2010 14:19:21 GMT
Of the new cabinet, 80% attended a fee paying school or Oxbridge. Representative of the country? I think not.
Its not so much the Oxbridge part I disagree with, fair play to those who got themselves there off the back of nothing but hard work (if there are any). But the private schools... I don't even think they should exist in the first place except on a scholarship basis because ability should be rewarded, not ability to pay. Furthermore, how can such a large proportion of the cabinet from that sort of background be expected to represent this country, to empathise with the majority of its people?
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Post by Stealth on May 17, 2010 18:34:03 GMT
Tottaly agree Ben and that's one of the biggest problem with current British politics - no politician has the faintest idea what a working man's life (or an unemployed person's for that matter) is really like. Largely due to Maggie's union bashing politicians, even of the Labour party, just don't have the grounding nowadays.
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Post by Bismarck on May 18, 2010 4:29:04 GMT
Yes, middle-class white public schoolboys are well educated and have more connections, but an intelligent, gifted person willing to put in extra effort would do just as well in a state school and less prestigious University, then worked their way up the political ladder through a series of jobs. Anyone with the kind of charisma you need to be a politician can forge connections. At least we will know they definitely haven't just bribed someone or pulled family favours to get their position!
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Post by arover on May 18, 2010 15:15:46 GMT
Tottaly agree Ben and that's one of the biggest problem with current British politics - no politician has the faintest idea what a working man's life (or an unemployed person's for that matter) is really like. Largely due to Maggie's union bashing politicians, even of the Labour party, just don't have the grounding nowadays. What he said.
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