via bbc.co.uk
After a turbulent week in Westminster, it seems that British politicians from all parties are being drawn from an ever smaller social pool, says broadcaster Andrew Neil. It wasn't always thus, so what's changed?
The resignations of shadow chancellor Alan Johnson and Tory communications director Andy Coulson spell bad news for an already-endangered species - political high-flyers from ordinary backgrounds.
Johnson and Coulson are council-house boys who never went to university but dragged themselves to the top by sheer hard work, ability and ambition. Look at today's top politicians - both on the right and the left - and you won't find many of their kind remaining.
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