[tonyedgecombe]

"That culture is that our 'elites', via a wonderful private education, the encouragement of parents, teachers, and other mentors, connections etc, end up in the profession of politics and end up doing quite well in it"

Which is probably a positive thing, we should want the people running our government to come from the top of the pile even if the reason they are at the top is an unfair leg-up early in life.