tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30252872.post1661137445847459257..comments2023-10-31T12:08:31.107+00:00Comments on Politics Etc.: Is It About Class?Giles Marshallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09257512119593812010noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30252872.post-75016937710569176692008-09-14T14:01:00.000+01:002008-09-14T14:01:00.000+01:00With a husband and wife team, and two brothers in ...With a husband and wife team, and two brothers in the same cabinet, the political class has been narrowing for some time. Even St. Siobhain is the sister of Baroness McDonagh, former Labour Gen Sec!Giles Marshallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09257512119593812010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30252872.post-23122855953662277512008-09-14T02:34:00.000+01:002008-09-14T02:34:00.000+01:00Well if these few weeks do lead to a change in the...Well if these few weeks do lead to a change in the Labour leadership - which will most likely see either Harman (please no) or Purnell take over (yes please) - then we may well see all three party leaders coming from very similar backgrounds.<BR/><BR/>All will have gone to fee paying schools, all gone on to Oxbridge, all career politicians.<BR/><BR/>This would turn the clock back to god knows when, when the last time all three party leaders came from that some, tiny, sheltered demographic.<BR/><BR/>The message projected suggests that social mobility within our country is dead.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com