http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/ben_macintyre/article7129129.ece
Summary:
What is the difference between Clegg and Cameron, who is more upper crust ? Clegg and Cameron are both very posh but in a different way. Cameron would seem posher by the first look of it. He is a relative of William IV so is distantly related to the Queen. Clegg on the other hand has some blue blood to, his grandmother was a White Russian baronessand and his aunt worked for MI6.Clegg’s relatives on the other side were Dutch colonial entrepreneurs. The conclusion is that both man are very posh but in very different ways.
My opinion:
I think this article really shows the way English people still think. In England it still is very important were you from and who you know. In Holland know body cares where the prime minister is from and what his parents did. I think this way of thinking makes it harder for “regular” people to enter politics and make a name for them self’s.
Monday, 31 May 2010
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queer!!!
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