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Why public schools are likely to rule in 2010

Source: The Guardian

Nov 06, 2009

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With half of David Cameron's 'A list' candidates independently educated, influential Tories are calling for greater diversity

Since David Cameron became Tory leader, a key part of his mission has been to make the Conservative party far more representative of the country it wants to govern. Soon after winning the leadership contest in 2005, he said he wanted to attract candidates from a diverse range of backgrounds "to inform everything we do, to give us the benefit of their diverse experience, to ensure that we stay in touch with the reality of life in Britain today".

Thus far, however, the leadership has concentrated on aspects of diversity that lie outside candidates' socio-economic and educational backgrounds. In these areas, they have had limited success, with the result that the general election of 2010 is likely to see the House of Commons' biggest influx of privately educated MPs in a generation.

At the last count, 52% of the Conservatives' so-called "A-list" of prospective candidates had been privately educated.Among likely new Tory MPs whose education i

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