Private Education - Public Scandal

According to research by the Sutton Trust -
http://www.suttontrust.com/research/

and an article in the Telegraph -
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/12170357/Half-of-Britains-best-actors-privately-educated.html

50% of Britains best actors went to fee paying schools. 
61% of top doctors were educated at independent schools.
71% of top army officers attended independent schools.
50% of the cabinet, compared to 13% of the shadow cabinet were privately educated.

This is despite the fact that only 7% of pupils attend these elite & expensive schools. Money buys you advantages in terms of tangble & hidden benefits - class size, facilities, networks, privilege.......Money is the key to future success. It simply is not possible that there are no similarly talented children in state schools who could become as successful given similar advantages.

The British disease is alive and kicking - it's just that wealth has replaced class. What a waste of talent.