Former British PM John Major ‘shocked’ by power held by ‘affluent middle class’
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/11/11/former-british-pm-john-major-shocked-by-power-held-by-affluent-middle-class/
Former British PM John Major shocked by power held by affluent middle class
By Agence France-Presse
Monday, November 11, 2013 2:50 EST
Former prime minister John Major has hit out at the dominance of the affluent middle class in public life and blamed Labour for deepening the class divide, in a speech published in Mondays Daily Telegraph.
In Fridays talk to Conservative activists, Major said the number of privately educated men and women in positions of power was truly shocking.
In every single sphere of British influence, the upper echelons of power in 2013 are held overwhelmingly by the privately educated or the affluent middle class, he said, according to the Telegraph.
To me from my background, I find that truly shocking.
unhappycamper comment: I'm on my first cuppa joe and can't tell if John Major is bitching about smart people in the government or is he trying to inject tea bagger philosophy into British politics.