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Stephen Pollard

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Opinion

Noblesse oblige (Prospect)

May 28, 2008 24:00
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I have asmall piece in this month's Prospect about Old Etonians and politics. It's behind a subscription wall, but here's an extract:

Does an education at an elite public school diminish a politician's legitimacy? Gordon Brown's dismissal of David Cameron as "just an Old Etonian" signifies not just his view that products of privilege have no place in politics, but also that the electorate will, as a matter of course, reject him ab initio because of his background.