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’You must read it.’ Andrew Marr Far from becoming classless, Britain's elite is increasingly formed by a select group of professional egalitarians. Rather than aim to raise popular aspirations, they exploit mass taste, mass gullibility, mass spending power for their personal advancement. Far from becoming classless, Britain’s elite is increasingly formed by a select group of professional egalitarians. Rather than aim to raise popular aspirations, they exploit mass taste, mass gullibility, mass spending power for their personal advancement.
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A diplomat involved in negotiations with Brussels, as well as with Russia and China, then as an MP, Minister for Higher Education, and occasional speech-writer for Margaret Thatcher, George Walden’s international and political careers make him uniquely placed to confront questions about Britain’s future. He has three children, and is currently a journalist and novelist (under the pen name Joseph Clyde). He lives in South West London.
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