Downing Street's class divide

THE only black working-class adviser to David Cameron has been pushed out of Downing St by an Old Etonian "clique", it has been claimed. Shaun Bailey has been moved to the Cabinet Office after losing his job as the Prime Minister's special adviser ...

Former Conservative leadership candidate David Davis has attacked the top of the party as "privileged and out of touch" in the wake of the losses to Ukip in the local elections. Davis said David Cameron needed to show he understood the concerns of ...

David Cameron has said his inner-circle is made up of people with "all sorts of different schooling", after being accused of appointing too many privileged Old Etonians to top jobs in government. The prime minister said he appointed people "because ...

Prime Minister David Cameron used an interview in The Sunday Times to turn his well-documented rivalry with fellow old Etonian Boris Johnson into something of a bromance. Insisting that he loves the London Mayor. Boris, he said, can do anything he ...

What to be PM? Work on Your PR Boris Johnson may have the charm and wiles of a classic Old Etonian, but he can forget about the top job until he learns to deal with the tough questions, says Edward Amory ETON IS A study in the art and science of ...

Many charges can be levelled against David Cameron's government. But not giving Old Etonians a fair break is probably not one of them. No fewer than four members of the prime minister's inner circle attended his old school. It is perhaps ...

Etonians dominate the heart of government because other schools do not have the same "commitment to public service", one of David Cameron's new policy advisers has said. Jesse Norman launched a passionate defence of his own alma mater, saying ...

Should Labour leader Ed Miliband make his message more simple? 11:03 AM Poor old Ed Miliband - he cannot seem to get his message right, writes Richard Porritt. To send a link to this page to a friend, you must be logged in. Goodness knows he is ...

I imagine Hugo Swire is a really good bloke and that he's a right old laugh when he's doing his party tricks down the Exmouth Arms, but it's just that each time I hear him in the Journal I think he's wrong. To send a link to this page to a friend, ...