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I've just moved into the area and needed some help getting rid of endless packaging and boxes following our move. I called AFA waste and they came within 15 minutes. Very friendly, efficient and helpful, and a decent quote too. I'd highly recommend them. -
I dunno man no political party is going to be formed of people on the street, tapped on the shoulder, and asked “do you want to run the country? You’ll have to be elected and give up a lot for not a huge amount of money - fancy it?” political parties - grown up ones anyway - will be a self-selecting wonkish bunch. I’m ok with that. Doesn’t make them “elite” I often think English people just love nothing more than to suffer. And complain about suffering. But like it really. -
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By David Peckham · Posted
It depends how you define 'Metropolitan Elite'. The cabinet is heavily skewed to the Oxbridge-educated, to lawyers, and particularly to those who went straight from university into think tanks or parliamentary and union researcher posts. It's a long way from being representative of the workforce in general. There's very little private sector experience, but that's probably a good thing given the misadventures of Reevesy and Haigho when they dipped their toes in it. It is an improvement on the 'Public School & PPE at Oxford' Tory cabal, but still smacks of a political class well removed from the electorate. It's got four members who are related to prominent Labour figures, past and present. It's still very much an 'Elite'. 19 out of 22 in the cabinet represent either a constuency in a Metropolitan county (England's six largest cities) or one in another large city. One is in the House of Lords. One is in Brighton & Hove. The other represents Swindon, which is about as close as you'll get to a proper city in Wiltshire - I'm disregarding Old Sarum. You're not even allowed to take your pig into a pub in Swindon, elsewhere in Wiltshire you probably won't get in without one. Believe me, I've tried. The cabinet really couldn't be more 'Metropolitan'. Even the stench of Rayner's chips & gravy isn't enough to cover the whiff of the seven-vegetable tagine suppers.
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