Elitist Britain

[davek]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-28953881

Educated at private schools.....

• 71% of senior judges
• 50% House of Lords
• 36% of the cabinet
• 22% of the shadow cabinet
• 33% of MPs
• 62% of senior armed forces officers
• 55% of permanent secretaries (the most senior civil servants)
• 53% of senior diplomats.
• 45% of chairmen and women of public bodies
• 44% of the Sunday Times Rich List
• 43% of newspaper columnists
• 26% of BBC executives.

....what a carry on in a 'democratic' society. It's like a friggin banana republic.

 

[orchard]

You wot lid?

 

[Woolly Blue]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-28953881

Educated at private schools.....

• 71% of senior judges
• 50% House of Lords
• 36% of the cabinet
• 22% of the shadow cabinet
• 33% of MPs
• 62% of senior armed forces officers
• 55% of permanent secretaries (the most senior civil servants)
• 53% of senior diplomats.
• 45% of chairmen and women of public bodies
• 44% of the Sunday Times Rich List
• 43% of newspaper columnists
• 26% of BBC executives.

....what a carry on in a 'democratic' society. It's like a friggin banana republic.

Shocking that. Standards are defo slipping, I mean, only 36% of the cabinet ffs.
Cameron out.

 

[canuckblue]

"I don't want that."

 

[Durham Toffee]

You want to look at the distribution of wealth tables for the UK.

Insane.

Something like 60% of all the country's wealth is owned by less than 20% of the country's population.

This video says it quite succinctly...

http://www.theguardian.com/commenti...lity-how-wealth-distributed-uk-animated-video

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Don't forget 37% of our gold medalists at the Olympics, plus nearly 50% of our cricket and rugby union squads. A sign of the divide perhaps, but in rugby league, the whole sport has only had 6 players from private schools in the past 14 years

 

[Sapie88]

Meh, it's never gonna change.

 

[TheFinnFan]

Hey peeps of highland..claim your independency. Dont let this elite fool you.

 

[obc]

here i was thinking this was somehow related to all the threads in the ale house where you brits tell the rest of us everything we do wrong...

 

[Bruce Wayne]

here i was thinking this was somehow related to all the threads in the ale house where you brits tell the rest of us everything we do wrong...

You were wrong with that post.

 

[Muzumbu]

Pretty sure in most countries the figures would be similar. inb4ASwedishEvertonianTellsMeOotherwise

 

[Bungle]

here i was thinking this was somehow related to all the threads in the ale house where you brits tell the rest of us everything we do wrong...

If you stopped employing 9 year old assassins we'd have a lot less to discuss.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

If you stopped employing 9 year old assassins we'd have a lot less to discuss.

Hollywood innit

 

[Durham Toffee]

Pretty sure in most countries the figures would be similar. inb4ASwedishEvertonianTellsMeOotherwise

I think America's distribution of wealth is terrifying compared to ours.

I mean terrifying.

 

[Bungle]

Hollywood innit

Brilliant film