The privately educated are tightening their “vice-like grip” on some of the most powerful and influential roles in British society, such as FTSE 100 chairs, newspaper columnists and BBC executives, a report has found.
Those in the most important positions are five times as likely to have attended private school than the general population, showing it is still possible to “buy advantage”, according to the Sutton Trust.
This was true of a similar proportion of judges, at 62%...Those institutions were also dominant among senior civil servants, with 66% of permanent secretaries being Oxbridge graduates. About a third of charity chief executives were privately educated and a fifth attended Oxbridge, showing that even the third sector is not immune to elitism.
One in three GPs in England do not work in the NHS, with increasing numbers seeking to move abroad or becoming a private contractor, deepening patients’ difficulties in getting appointments.
The proportion of family doctors who, although qualified, do not provide care through the NHS has risen from 27% in 2015 to 34% last year, according to a study published in the BMJ.
That means almost 20,000 GPs who could be working in the health service are “lost” to it and are not doing so, despite unprecedented demand for care and many government initiatives to try to increase GP numbers.
Trump got his mind on important issues while in the UK....
Great News for America: The ratings challenged Jimmy Kimmel Show is CANCELLED. Congratulations to ABC for finally having the courage to do what had to be done. Kimmel has ZERO talent, and worse ratings than even Colbert, if that’s possible. That leaves Jimmy and Seth, two total losers, on Fake News NBC. Their ratings are also horrible. Do it NBC!!! President DJT
A Home Office-backed charity is providing migrants with a step-by-step guide that could help them thwart Sir Keir Starmer’s “one in, one out” migrant deal with France.
Current government website guidelines state that “welfare services” must provide migrants held in removal centres with a “notebook” produced by Bail for Immigration Detainees (BiD), a charity that provides legal advice to people in detention.
The Telegraph can reveal that BiD, which has received more than £400,000 in Comic Relief donations and which benefits from charitable tax relief, has produced a detailed method that could help migrants to beat the Prime Minister’s flagship policy. The guide includes “template” letters migrants can use and suggestions for how to use legal and human rights arguments to fight deportation.
I was appointed as Home Secretary to secure our borders. I will do whatever it takes.
Quote Home Office @ukhomeoffice · 8h When migrants use our courts to delay and prevent removals with last-minute and disingenuous claims, it's no longer a system that works for the British people.
We can't accept this and will fight these claims every step of the way."
The comedy writers for these late night shows have lost their way. Its not able coming up with good gags, its all about political point scoring.
Yes the president is a douche bag, but its not your job to every night hold him to account (that is what the news media is there for), it was supposed to be to write some funny gags that America could do a bit of escapism after a hard days work.
The straw that broke the camel’s back with Kimmel, making up his own untruths about a political assassination.
These shows all stopped being funny and a way to unwind a long time ago, and this was the excuse that the network affiliates needed to pull the plug.
As with Colbert before him, the show has been losing money for a long time, as going out to alienate half your audience does that.
The new South Park episode didn’t come out last night either, one suspects a hasty rewrite of much of the material didn’t happen in time.
The privately educated are tightening their “vice-like grip” on some of the most powerful and influential roles in British society, such as FTSE 100 chairs, newspaper columnists and BBC executives, a report has found.
Those in the most important positions are five times as likely to have attended private school than the general population, showing it is still possible to “buy advantage”, according to the Sutton Trust.
This was true of a similar proportion of judges, at 62%...Those institutions were also dominant among senior civil servants, with 66% of permanent secretaries being Oxbridge graduates. About a third of charity chief executives were privately educated and a fifth attended Oxbridge, showing that even the third sector is not immune to elitism.
I was appointed as Home Secretary to secure our borders. I will do whatever it takes.
Quote Home Office @ukhomeoffice · 8h When migrants use our courts to delay and prevent removals with last-minute and disingenuous claims, it's no longer a system that works for the British people.
We can't accept this and will fight these claims every step of the way."
LOL, there’s definitely not going to be hundreds of quotes out there saying exactly the oppsite when she was in opposition to a Conservative government.
She can start by defunding all the NGOs and charities paying the lawyers from what are effectively public funds.
The comedy writers for these late night shows have lost their way. Its not able coming up with good gags, its all about political point scoring.
Yes the president is a douche bag, but its not your job to every night hold him to account (that is what the news media is there for), it was supposed to be to write some funny gags that America could do a bit of escapism after a hard days work.
The straw that broke the camel’s back with Kimmel, making up his own untruths about a political assassination.
These shows all stopped being funny and a way to unwind a long time ago, and this was the excuse that the network affiliates needed to pull the plug.
As with Colbert before him, the show has been losing money for a long time, as going out to alienate half your audience does that.
The new South Park episode didn’t come out last night either, one suspects a hasty rewrite of much of the material didn’t happen in time.
LOL. You do realise how many 'untruths' your side were saying in the aftermath? And how differently Republicans who celebrated the deaths of Melissa Hortman and her husband? Utah senator Mike Lee is still in place, as an example.
This is nothing about jokes, or offence. It is about control of speech.
It's good to see that all the criticism we saw of so-called 'cancel culture' were lies. It's perfectly fine to cancel voices and people if they're your political enemies...
It's good to see that all the criticism we saw of so-called 'cancel culture' were lies. It's perfectly fine to cancel voices and people if they're your political enemies...
I was appointed as Home Secretary to secure our borders. I will do whatever it takes.
Quote Home Office @ukhomeoffice · 8h When migrants use our courts to delay and prevent removals with last-minute and disingenuous claims, it's no longer a system that works for the British people.
We can't accept this and will fight these claims every step of the way."
LOL, there’s definitely not going to be hundreds of quotes out there saying exactly the oppsite when she was in opposition to a Conservative government.
She can start by defunding all the NGOs and charities paying the lawyers from what are effectively public funds.
The Home Office should not be fighting these cases. The government should accept these loopholes or change the law. It is the government. It can do that.
It's good to see that all the criticism we saw of so-called 'cancel culture' were lies. It's perfectly fine to cancel voices and people if they're your political enemies...
Lies from whom?
The people who were crying out about the so-called cancel wars, including on here.
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Those in the most important positions are five times as likely to have attended private school than the general population, showing it is still possible to “buy advantage”, according to the Sutton Trust.
This was true of a similar proportion of judges, at 62%...Those institutions were also dominant among senior civil servants, with 66% of permanent secretaries being Oxbridge graduates. About a third of charity chief executives were privately educated and a fifth attended Oxbridge, showing that even the third sector is not immune to elitism.
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/sep/18/private-schools-educated-most-powerful-jobs
Now about that polling showing Labour doing well amongst the privately educated.
The proportion of family doctors who, although qualified, do not provide care through the NHS has risen from 27% in 2015 to 34% last year, according to a study published in the BMJ.
That means almost 20,000 GPs who could be working in the health service are “lost” to it and are not doing so, despite unprecedented demand for care and many government initiatives to try to increase GP numbers.
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/sep/17/one-in-three-gps-in-england-do-not-work-in-nhs-says-bmj-study
Great News for America: The ratings challenged Jimmy Kimmel Show is CANCELLED. Congratulations to ABC for finally having the courage to do what had to be done. Kimmel has ZERO talent, and worse ratings than even Colbert, if that’s possible. That leaves Jimmy and Seth, two total losers, on Fake News NBC. Their ratings are also horrible. Do it NBC!!! President DJT
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115222372625104790
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When migrants use our courts to delay and prevent removals with last-minute and disingenuous claims, it's no longer a system that works for the British people.
We can't accept this and will fight these claims every step of the way."
https://x.com/ShabanaMahmood/status/1968371749344706821
These shows all stopped being funny and a way to unwind a long time ago, and this was the excuse that the network affiliates needed to pull the plug.
As with Colbert before him, the show has been losing money for a long time, as going out to alienate half your audience does that.
The new South Park episode didn’t come out last night either, one suspects a hasty rewrite of much of the material didn’t happen in time.
Oh…
She can start by defunding all the NGOs and charities paying the lawyers from what are effectively public funds.
This is nothing about jokes, or offence. It is about control of speech.