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I don't think you understand what class is. I'm familiar with the above story and it is beyond nonsense.

A communal facility maintained and paid for by some people doesn't necessarily have to be made available to anyone else.

If your back garden was in sight of someone living in social housing ought they be able to make use of your property?


Something like 60% of people going to Oxbridge went to private schools, despite 93% attending state schools, and this is after decades of campaigns, outreach, and adjusting entry criteria by school type. And this is new, the fraction from state schools used to be more like 10-20% if that in living memory.

That’s just one example of class.


Most UK doctors and barristers went to fee-paying schools: https://www.businessinsider.com/most-uk-journalists-doctors-...




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