I sometimes think the main problem with the dominance of Oxbridge PPE/History in British politics isn't elitism, but the weekly tutorial. We're governed by people who are good in an essay crisis. We need people who got graded on the coursework.
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Didn't you learn, as I did, that you can distract a bored world renowned expert for an hour by leading with controversial opinion and a usefully out of context quotation?
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Absolutely. Quite a talent, and one that’s come in handy over the years. My friends at non-Oxbridge unis did about a tenth of the work I did, and I was a layabout. Nowt wrong with a PPE degree
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Agree that it's a useful skill, and there's nothing wrong with the degree or those who have it. It's just that at the moment I feel we need more spods in power.
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Or people who listen to the expert instead of trying deflect the conversation to their comfort zone?
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But you talk shit when you discuss anything.
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I bet your Dad is bigger than mine as well
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I'll take that bet for anything up to a grand.
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Sorry, no I don't, my dad is five foot two. I thought we were betting the other way.
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Are we supposed to be impressed?
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Yes.
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The reason Britain is badly run. The leaders are essayists. No match for the French Enarques and German Engineer-Drs.
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Is that a statement an observation or a criticism Hilt its often hard to tell?
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How come you ended up so stupid then?
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Whilst I enjoy your daily output and general critical view of the political sphere as an Engineering graduate, PPE....
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‘A damn sight more work than most students have to do’?! Try doing a science degree, dear.
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It doesn't seem to have done you any intellectual good. I blame the method, not your wits, of course.
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My mum interviewed for maths at Oxford, but they said she should do PPE. She didn’t know what PPE was, so she ended up at KC London doing maths like she wanted. She could have been PM! And no me to put up with either.
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That degree will hold you in good stead when your stranded on a desert island by yourself if it ever happens. We can only pray.
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