> Look at the constitution and educational credentials of UK cabinet ministers and Parliament. It's often Eton > Oxford U
Yes, and as another poster stated above, it quite clearly should NOT be that way.
Just going to Eton and/or Oxford does not automatically make you a highly intelligent and highly capable individual ... the present UK cabinet is an example of how that route manages just as easily to push out a bunch of incompetent twats.
Nowhere was the claim made that an Oxford degree makes you intelligent or competent. And in this thread, we're not dealing with the way things should be, however you or I see things. It's simply acknowledging the way things are.
Yes, and as another poster stated above, it quite clearly should NOT be that way.
Just going to Eton and/or Oxford does not automatically make you a highly intelligent and highly capable individual ... the present UK cabinet is an example of how that route manages just as easily to push out a bunch of incompetent twats.