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So all the names of PMs you mentioned bar one went to Oxford...

by smcl 4y ago

scott_w 4y ago
Considering the LAST FOUR PMs came from the Conservative party, that's not the epic own you think it is.
- smcl 4y ago
  I wasn't trying to do an "epic own" and it sounds like you're implying I'm a Tory which is very funny :) edit: oh lol I get it now, in the post I replied to you're doing a very literal interpretation of "they all went to the same schools" and refusing to interpret this as it's very clearly intended (that a huge amount of MPs went to a couple of schools)
charlieyu1 4y ago
And American top politicians don’t go to top schools?
- smcl 4y ago
  Man I really do not care where American politicians go to school. But it sounds like you're not aware of the really outsized representation that Oxford graduates of PPE have in UK politics: https://www.theguardian.com/education/2017/feb/23/ppe-oxford-university-degree-that-rules-britain https://www.theguardian.com/education/2017/feb/23/ppe-oxford...
- kaesar14 4y ago
  https://www.collegeraptor.com/find-colleges/articles/college-news-trends/house-of-reps-where-did-the-house-go-to-college-infographic/ https://www.collegeraptor.com/find-colleges/articles/college... 30% of our House went to a top 100 university which isn't necessarily saying much - that list includes many state universities and I'd say that's a perfectly appropriate number. 20% of the British Parliament went to Oxbridge alone.
- ycombigator 4y ago
  Looking at American politics from the outside, I feel like (in most cases), you're lucky if your elected representatives know how to spell the names of common vegetables and know that the US doesn't share a border with Afghanistan.
  - telotortium 4y ago
    Eh, that's true to an extent, especially in the House and double especially in state government, but don't take John Oliver or Daily Show as completely representative. Watching those shows, you'd probably never know, for example, that Ron DeSantis, who is currently one of the Republican frontrunners for 2024, went to Yale and Harvard Law School.

So all the names of PMs you mentioned bar one went to Oxford...

by smcl 4y ago

So all the names of PMs you mentioned bar one went to Oxford...

scott_w 4y ago

Considering the LAST FOUR PMs came from the Conservative party, that's not the epic own you think it is.

smcl 4y ago
I wasn't trying to do an "epic own" and it sounds like you're implying I'm a Tory which is very funny :) edit: oh lol I get it now, in the post I replied to you're doing a very literal interpretation of "they all went to the same schools" and refusing to interpret this as it's very clearly intended (that a huge amount of MPs went to a couple of schools)

charlieyu1 4y ago

And American top politicians don’t go to top schools?

smcl 4y ago
Man I really do not care where American politicians go to school. But it sounds like you're not aware of the really outsized representation that Oxford graduates of PPE have in UK politics: https://www.theguardian.com/education/2017/feb/23/ppe-oxford-university-degree-that-rules-britain https://www.theguardian.com/education/2017/feb/23/ppe-oxford...
kaesar14 4y ago
https://www.collegeraptor.com/find-colleges/articles/college-news-trends/house-of-reps-where-did-the-house-go-to-college-infographic/ https://www.collegeraptor.com/find-colleges/articles/college... 30% of our House went to a top 100 university which isn't necessarily saying much - that list includes many state universities and I'd say that's a perfectly appropriate number. 20% of the British Parliament went to Oxbridge alone.
ycombigator 4y ago
Looking at American politics from the outside, I feel like (in most cases), you're lucky if your elected representatives know how to spell the names of common vegetables and know that the US doesn't share a border with Afghanistan.
- telotortium 4y ago
  Eh, that's true to an extent, especially in the House and double especially in state government, but don't take John Oliver or Daily Show as completely representative. Watching those shows, you'd probably never know, for example, that Ron DeSantis, who is currently one of the Republican frontrunners for 2024, went to Yale and Harvard Law School.