Sunday, September 7, 2008

Stop Oxbridge and public school snobbery to PM

The PM is hated by the media because he did not go to Oxbridge or public school.
What is it about a non oxbridge educated - state educated Prime Minister that they hate?
I believe the bad press he continues to get is a conspiracy by the oxbridge public school elites to get rid of the PM as he is not one of theirs.
Most of the left wing newspapers are part of this conspiracy too. As most of them are dominated by Oxbridge types too.
There have only been two times since WW2 that both the chancellor AND the PM did not go to Oxford. That is the Lamont and Major government, plus the present government.
Even then Lamont went to Cambridge. So this is the first non Oxbridge PM - chancellor team since the war.
Is the real cause of the presses hatred to the PM simply he is not oe of their own?
He does not talk the right way, or have the correct Oxbridge mannerisms they are used to recognising. I always used to wonder why are the press do damning about the PM performances in PM's question time. Too me he does not do that bad. But is the problem he does not have the Oxbridge specifically Oxford mannerisms that Oxbridge people respect?
The domination of the British political scene by Oxbridge especially Oxford cannot be an accident. Since WW2 of the 12 PMs since WW2 8 went to Oxford.

I honestly believe the cause of the presses hatred to the PM is simply because he did not go to Oxbridge or public school.
For instance how many regurgitated unsourced fake stories do we get putting down the government. If this was an Oxbridge PM such unsourced drivel stories would not be tolerated in a serious newspaper but this PM is fair game for the Oxbridge elites.
John Major had a similar hatred from the press largely as he was not one of their own. He only won in 1992 because he was up again Kinnock who was also state educated non Oxbridge.
The best way to get the media on your side is to have a public school educated Oxford candidate as the press will be on your side. He will have the correct mannerisms and style for the elites

The Tory leader gets an easy press from the media especially the left wing media. The cocaine allegation questions have never been repeated. He is assumed to be a nice guy as he has the manner and style they relate to. While every negative story about the character of the PM is assumed to be true as he is not someone they can recognise. Every relaunch is destroyed by the media, within a few hours. While every tory policy is respected and given a fair hearing. It was never really the case that the media gave the PM a honeymoon period. In reality he had two good weeks when the Tory leader did not toe the tory line on snobby grammar schools and when the PM had a good party conference. As soon as the Labour party did go 10 points in the lead after his party conference the media went in overdrive and have not let up from utter hatred. They cannot stand the idea of a state educated non Oxbridge PM.
I am not a bigot to those who go to private school or Oxbridge, but for all this talk of inverted snobbery is the real problem still simple snobbery.
Tory snobs stop your snobbery to the PM. Just because he did not go to private school or Oxbridge that is no justification to hate him. Just as it is not justification to hate someone if they did go to Oxbridge or private school.