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Sebastian Grigg

The eldest son of Anthony Ulick David Dundas Grigg, the third Baron Altrincham. He was educated at Eton and Oriel College, Oxford, and is a partner at Goldman Sachs. He married Rachel Kelly, a former Times journalist, in 1993, lives in Notting Hill Gate and remains close to Cameron. He tried, and failed, to become Tory MP at the 1997 election.

David Cameron

Attended Eton, before gaining a first class degree in politics, philosophy and economics from Brasenose. Went on to work in the Conservative Research Department, Treasury and Home Office before spending seven years as Head of Corporate Communications at Carlton TV. Elected MP for Witney in 2001, and became Tory leader in 2005.

Ralph Perry-Robinson

Former child actor, who had a walk-on role in the 1984 film Another Country, the film about homosexuality at Eton during the 1930s. Now an antiquarian bookseller, he lives in a village near Salisbury.

Sebastian James

James is the son of Lord Northbourne, an aristocrat and big landowner from Kent. He's an entrepreneur whose former ventures include a DVD rental business, Silverscreen, and a "dotcom", ClassicForum, that was supposed to be a sort of eBay for rare books.

Jonathan Ford

Ford was elected president of the Bullingdon, in 1987, because "he had a mad genius about him". That's why he occupies the centre of the front row. He was educated at Westminster, studied modern history at Oxford, before working as a banker at Morgan Grenfell. Subsequently went into journalism and is now deputy editor of a financial internet site.

Ewen Fergusson

Son of Sir Ewen Fergusson, a former Scottish rugby international who served as ambassador to Paris during Thatcher years and then head of Coutt's, the Queen's bank. Ewen Junior was educated at Rugby then Oriel College, Oxford, and is now a partner in the banking and finance section of the City law firm Herbert Smith. Despite being the "quiet one" of the group, he is thought to have been responsible for the "plant pot" incident.

Matthew Benson

Benson, from a wealthy family of merchant bankers, is a director of Rettie and Co, an Edinburgh-based property company. He graduated in 1988 and spent three years working for Morgan Stanley, before setting-up his own property consultancy. Moved to Edinburgh in the late 1990s, after marrying Lady Lulu Douglas-Hamilton, ex-wife of Lord Patrick Douglas-Hamilton, one of Scotland's top toffs. Their wedding, in Peeblesshire in October 1997, involved a ruined castle being temporarily rebuilt over three floors.

Harry Eastwood

Old Etonian TV producer, who is commercial director for a company called Monkey. After leaving Oxford, he worked in corporate finance at Storehouse, the retail group. Later, Eastwood co-founded Filmbox, a company that aimed to operate vending machines for people to rent videos from. He raised ÂĢ450,000 to launch the firm, but alas it was soon dissolved.

Boris Johnson

The Old Etonian was a well-known figure of fun at Oxford, becoming president of the Union. Johnson, a student at Balliol College, would have liked to have been president of Buller, but Ford pipped him. Always tipped for stardom (contemporaries still think it will end in tears), he became editor of The Spectator, MP for Henley, and is one of Westminster's most notorious swordsmen.

 

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Sounds quite snobbish to be honest

MrMincePie
Reference: Marge
What do they know about having to struggle to make ends meet
 Try juggling a country and town house with a the latest limos, the Italian bolt-hole, two au-pairs, a cook and a hairdresser, tax-deductible wine cellar and a PR keeping all the bad stuff out the news.

 Dunno how I manage at times 

 Anyone for tennis?
FM
One thing you can say about Bullingdon/Eton Boys' college/Oxbridge is those institutions do teach their students/members how to be an expert authority on

  • what it's like to live in a deprived area
  • what it's like to be a single mother
  • what it's like to be on benefits
  • what it's like to be unemployed
  • the labour market in all work sectors and in all areas of the UK including availability of jobs for the semi/unskilled
  • how many on the dole refuse perfectly good jobs because it's their lifestyle choice to be on benefits (apparently just about everyone on the dole)
  • what it's like to live on a very low wage and make ends meet
  • what it's like to live in poor housing
  • what it's like to be on piece work
  • law and order in inner cities
  • poor in rural areas
  • being homeless
  • being disabled and needing medical help
  • being the main carer for disabled/aged relatives

Doesn't it?  But surely they must know what they're talking about as they have so many forthright opinions on these matters?
Carnelian

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