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In what way doesn’t it influence enough? The political system in the UK is fairly broken such that PPE at Oxford will get you a long way in your goal to being a
by exdsq 5y ago
In what way doesn’t it influence enough? The political system in the UK is fairly broken such that PPE at Oxford will get you a long way in your goal to being an MP, and going to a public school gets you a long way towards getting into Oxford, which is a classist system with practical output
- vmception 5y agoI was thinking enough outside of the UK, or that the UK isn't big enough and more irrelevant with its new isolationist direction
- exdsq 5y agoStill the 6th largest economy with seats on the UN Security Council and others - it might be going the way of Switzerland (that’s the model most Brexiters I know want) but that doesn’t mean it’s fading away into obscurity on the global stage (This is coming from someone who left the UK for the US and hopes to move to Asia afterwards, so mildly biased but not that much)
- nailer 5y agoSo does doing well at a grammar school (which in turn is determined by your ability rather than your class).
- exdsq 5y agoDoing well in a grammar school works to an extent but still disproportionately less than say Eton. You can see this by just looking at current cabinet ministers