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Gove: 'Ridiculous' number of Etonians in PM's circle
Education Secretary Michael Gove has attacked the "ridiculous" numbers of Old Etonians in David Cameron's inner circle.
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Number of Etonians in PM's circle 'not reflection of UK'
The number of Old Etonians in the Conservative Party is not a reflection of the country, Labour's Cabinet Office Minister has said, after Michael Gove attacked the "ridiculous" numbers in the Prime Minister's circle.
Jon Ashworth said:
Labour: Gove comments show Tories are 'out of touch'
Michael Gove's comments about Old Etonians were seized on by Labour as evidence that the Conservatives are "out of touch" with the concerns of ordinary people in Britain.
Among the Old Etonians around the Prime Minister - himself a former Eton boy - are his chief of staff, Ed Llewellyn; the head of his policy unit, Jo Johnson; the minister for government policy, Oliver Letwin; and Chancellor George Osborne's chief economic adviser, Rupert Harrison.
Mr Gove compared them to the cabinet of Eton-educated Tory prime minister Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, the Marquess of Salisbury, who was criticised for alleged nepotism and cronyism.
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Gove: 'Ridiculous' number of Etonians in PM's circle
Education Secretary Michael Gove has attacked the "ridiculous" numbers of Old Etonians in David Cameron's inner circle.
In an interview with the Financial Times, Mr Gove said such a "preposterous" concentration of individuals from the same privileged background at the top of government did not exist in any other developed nation.