Opportunity has Stopped Knocking: Who Will Be Its New Champion?
Spectator, The; London › August 19, 2009
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The ability of the Cameronian message to penetrate beyond the south and into the northern suburbs and cities -- without which he cannot win a convincing majority -- depends on understanding thwarted aspiration and being determined to address it. This territory won't go unclaimed for long. Rising Labour stars like David Miliband are keen to reinvigorate the debate.
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Opportunity has Stopped Knocking: Who Will Be Its New Champion?
Here's a conundrum as we leave the Blair years behind us. Never has so much faith been placed in the idea of a society open to social mobility; never have so many politicians' speeches been delivered in praise of a more classless society and the need to promote ability, regardless of background. Yet their rhetoric isn't matched by the facts. Britain is becoming far less socially mobile. On the present indicators, we can only argue about whether it has stalled or is going backwards. What no one can convinc...
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