tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post8817381754537387919..comments2024-02-13T10:20:04.888+00:00Comments on David Hepworth's blog: Inside the cosy world of our top politiciansDavid Hepworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05973053694541321308noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-11442997687112236742010-10-17T21:03:49.042+01:002010-10-17T21:03:49.042+01:00In the UK, journalism is behind only medicine and ...In the UK, journalism is behind only medicine and the law in its dominance by those of middle class origin - and its social exclusivity is getting more extreme. <br /><br />http://workingclassstudies.wordpress.com/2009/09/28/the-costs-of-becoming-a-journalist/<br /><br />I do shifts at a national newspaper. Our office contains, at a wild guess, 150 people. One of them is black. Class origins are less obvious, of course, but judging by the accents....Siddershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00683584536177433003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-77926084756468325352010-10-17T11:28:24.845+01:002010-10-17T11:28:24.845+01:00"As politics becomes more and more about TV i..."As politics becomes more and more about TV it favours people who are above all things polished."<br /><br />Beautiful insight, David, but I think you mean "who are polished, above all things" or "who are, above all things, polished". As it stands, it's in danger of meaning the opposite.<br /><br />@Matt Tempest: "It's not a "constituency", it's a business trip. All expenses paid." Hear, hear. I've got dreadfully apathetic about party politics these last years, but observations like that still strike a chill.Colin Greenlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14865236804904582390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-83824529947347316992010-10-16T21:18:10.263+01:002010-10-16T21:18:10.263+01:00David Miliband enjoys a £1,500 discount (sic - the...David Miliband enjoys a £1,500 discount (sic - the suits costs £3,000) on Ozwald Boateng suits.<br /><br />http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1284328/Bankrolled-Sainsbury-suited-Boateng--Miliband-D-gets-help-friends.html<br /><br />What do you think the most expensive suit you can buy in South Shields is?<br /><br />My guess is most of his constituents have to make £1,500 last all month and pay the rent and all the bills.<br /><br />But - like all the rest - he and his family live in London and go up one weekend in four.<br /><br />It's not a "constituency", it's a business trip. All expenses paid.<br /><br />Same with Ed Balls, same with Yvette Cooper, same with Ed Miliband, same with Luciana Berger...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12608144436173241063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-69496683860324411792010-10-16T13:29:06.093+01:002010-10-16T13:29:06.093+01:00Saw a clip of this on the review show last night. ...Saw a clip of this on the review show last night. According to the reviewers Rothchild's links to PM aren't made explicit in the film which if true is poor form. But the whole interconnectedness of the press and politics is an ongoing problem. One of the things that came out from the Milliband election was that they new everyone in these circles from childhood.BLTPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06564846497205095201noreply@blogger.com