Strap-on Chins

I was in the pub with Mr F the other night when "Eton Rifles" came on the jukebox and he commented that we will be hearing a lot of that in a few months time. It is certainly true that we are becoming increasingly dominated by Old Etonians - the Mayor of London, the next monarch but one and, by the look of it, our next Prime Minister. As I noted the other week in reference to Frank Turner, even our ferocious protest-singing defenders of the masses go to Eton now.

[Late addition (13 November): It appears that Simon Mann, the mercenary recently released from jail in Equatorial Guinea - the one who alleges he received financial backing from Mark Thatcher to organise a coup there - is an Old Etonian as well. They really do get everywhere.]

Personally I don't think Paul Weller's brand of seething resentment is the right response. They may be upper-class twits but they are our upper-class twits. We should be more welcoming and celebrate their life-style with something like this...

"Buckle Shoe Stomp" - The Snobs

... Although, to be honest, I rather doubt that any member of The Snobs has even been mentioned in Debrett's. Unlike this next fellow - Lord David Dundas. Harrow, unfortunately.