Posh and posher why public schoolboys run britain

One of those classic skits that still holds true. See for yourself here. The guidelines Culture. Five reasons why Britain's better off being run by the posh.

Here are five reasons why it might not be such a bad thing. Andrew Neil with a vintage Eton top hat. The Guide. It keeps the British film industry in business As anyone who's left The King's Speech desperately trying to affect a stammer will tell you, when it comes to making compelling cinema, there's nothing quite a like a posh person with a problem. For 33 years all our prime ministers were products of state education.

The line was broken only by the arrival of a Labour government. Explore topics TV Reviews class system education politics. Watching British politics from Australia is like looking back in time. I, too, found the programme riveting and also deeply depressing - as a parent who cannot possibly afford to put my children through public school, it seemed I was watching this compelling commentary while being forced to give up any hope of my children making their way in any of the professions so dominated by this privately-educated elite.

Whilst generally the programme was well informed, I felt that it would have been more informative if he had pointed out which political party has done its best to destroy the grammar school system thus reducing all pupils to the lowest denominator and thereby depriving many poorer, but brighter, children of a decent standard of education similar to that of his own.

Really enjoyed the documentary, I felt very well-informed and pleased to see it's very positive opinions towards grammar schools and hope that it will help more people to come about thinking as such.

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But I could be kidding myself. What I'd like to see is a really thorough investigation of other professions to see if the same 'elite' prevails there too, or whether there is still something of a level playing field, somewhere in the UK professions! The actual poor are consequently on an extremely tilted playing field, and they are running uphill no matter which bit of it they're on.

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For 33 years all our prime ministers were products of state education. The line was broken only by the arrival of a Labour government.

Explore topics TV Reviews class system education politics. Watching British politics from Australia is like looking back in time. I, too, found the programme riveting and also deeply depressing - as a parent who cannot possibly afford to put my children through public school, it seemed I was watching this compelling commentary while being forced to give up any hope of my children making their way in any of the professions so dominated by this privately-educated elite.