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I'm no fan of Brillopad Neil, but the program does raise some good questions about the rise of the Modern Politican.
Today's politicains are more than likely to be Public School educated, have an Oxbridge degree and have undertaken an apprenticeship as a SPAD (Special Advisor) than at any time since the 50's.
So, has Brillo got it right, or is the program another excuse to bash Auntie for having a sly knock at the Tory elite?? He does also have a swipe at Labours front bench too.
Personally, I believe that the future of a new MP having a background of rising up through the local councils/authorities, being a local party stalwart and then managing to defy their parties NEC to become the local choice are diminishing. The media is full of one privilaged candidate or other being parachuted into a safe seat at the dusgust of the local party.
BBC iPlayer - Posh and Posher: Why Public School Boys Run Britain
Interestingly my MP is The Honourable Edward Henry Butler Vaizey, son of the late Lord Vaizey and Historian Marina Vaizey. Educated at St Pauls; London, Meron College, Oxford and trained as a barrister. Was an advisor to Kenneth Clarke & Michael Howard. Does have some links to our area through his childhood but certainly can not be thought of a local
PS. Yes, I did vote for him
Today's politicains are more than likely to be Public School educated, have an Oxbridge degree and have undertaken an apprenticeship as a SPAD (Special Advisor) than at any time since the 50's.
So, has Brillo got it right, or is the program another excuse to bash Auntie for having a sly knock at the Tory elite?? He does also have a swipe at Labours front bench too.
Personally, I believe that the future of a new MP having a background of rising up through the local councils/authorities, being a local party stalwart and then managing to defy their parties NEC to become the local choice are diminishing. The media is full of one privilaged candidate or other being parachuted into a safe seat at the dusgust of the local party.
David Cameron and Nick Clegg seem made for each other: Eton and Oxford meets Westminster School and Cambridge. But does the return of public school boys to the top of our politics say something worrying about the decline of social mobility in Britain?
Andrew Neil goes on a journey from the Scottish council house he grew up in to the corridors of power to ask if we will ever again see a prime minister emerge from an ordinary background like his.
In this provocative film Andrew seeks to find out why politicians from all parties appear to be drawn from an ever smaller social pool - and why it matters to us all.
BBC iPlayer - Posh and Posher: Why Public School Boys Run Britain
Interestingly my MP is The Honourable Edward Henry Butler Vaizey, son of the late Lord Vaizey and Historian Marina Vaizey. Educated at St Pauls; London, Meron College, Oxford and trained as a barrister. Was an advisor to Kenneth Clarke & Michael Howard. Does have some links to our area through his childhood but certainly can not be thought of a local
PS. Yes, I did vote for him