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The Privileged Elite

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neil999 said:
come on mate, we all know these are your regulars

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And these for evening wear
 
The Cowboy said:
£400 is most certainly a huge amount of money for shoes. Mate just got married, spent £250 on some Jeffrey West shoes, and the consensus was that that's way too much to spend on shoes.

I get the logic of spending once for top quality, but equally, I bought the shoes I'm wearing now 5 years ago for £30 and they're still in perfect nick.
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Do you wear kids shoes?
 
Having read the article and scanned through the more interesting posts one major point seems to have been missed. The argument about education appears to be a red herring, have you ever heard of anyone from Roughwood Comp shout about the fact at an interview in the forlorn hope that the chairperson of the interviewing panel was wearing his old school tie.

Its this social nepotism that degrades our society, we are told that these jobs have to go to the best people yet those people may still be swimming around as sperm in the fathers balls, but dad went to Eton, sperm will go to Eton and sperm will then be bred for the upper echelons, Roughwood kid know your place.

Etonians have the notorious Bullingdon club, aimed to let the growing sperm obtain arrogance, conceit and over all cruelty, all designed to assist the long line of sperm to rule. It was an Etonian who coined that remarkably glib phrase 'we are all in this together' failing to add who the victims were, certainly not those getting the enormous bonuses, those who are bred to rule................the entire system sucks and should be brought down but sadly its too late as the monster control everything and the kid from Roughwood stands no chance by design of the elite. Every kid in this country should start life equal..........................at least I can dream
 


monty said:
Having read the article and scanned through the more interesting posts one major point seems to have been missed. The argument about education appears to be a red herring, have you ever heard of anyone from Roughwood Comp shout about the fact at an interview in the forlorn hope that the chairperson of the interviewing panel was wearing his old school tie.

Its this social nepotism that degrades our society, we are told that these jobs have to go to the best people yet those people may still be swimming around as sperm in the fathers balls, but dad went to Eton, sperm will go to Eton and sperm will then be bred for the upper echelons, Roughwood kid know your place.

Etonians have the notorious Bullingdon club, aimed to let the growing sperm obtain arrogance, conceit and over all cruelty, all designed to assist the long line of sperm to rule. It was an Etonian who coined that remarkably glib phrase 'we are all in this together' failing to add who the victims were, certainly not those getting the enormous bonuses, those who are bred to rule................the entire system sucks and should be brought down but sadly its too late as the monster control everything and the kid from Roughwood stands no chance by design of the elite. Every kid in this country should start life equal..........................at least I can dream
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I've no doubt that the old school tie plays a part in certain professions. Lets take law as an example of a well paid profession. Ok, so most High Court judges fit that old school tie image, but there are approximately 118,000 practicing lawyers in the UK so I find it hard to believe that the kid from Roughwood Comp couldn't have become one of their number if they wanted to.
 
Bruce Wayne said:
I've no doubt that the old school tie plays a part in certain professions. Lets take law as an example of a well paid profession. Ok, so most High Court judges fit that old school tie image, but there are approximately 118,000 practicing lawyers in the UK so I find it hard to believe that the kid from Roughwood Comp couldn't have become one of their number if they wanted to.
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May be so Bruce but if a guy with the tie that counted was up for the job he'd stand no chance. The article we are debating is however about banking, basically where the money is, at that point he wouldn't even get an interview as the the selector came from Eton sperm
 
monty said:
May be so Bruce but if a guy with the tie that counted was up for the job he'd stand no chance. The article we are debating is however about banking, basically where the money is, at that point he wouldn't even get an interview as the the selector came from Eton sperm
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Again though, there are some 250,000 working in the City and Canary Wharf alone, plus many thousands more in places like Edinburgh.

https://www.prospects.ac.uk/job-profiles/corporate-investment-banker

Doesn't say anything about brown shoes ;)

"Gaining work experience in the industry is crucial. Completing an internship with an investment bank is a valuable way to improve your chances of securing a job. Most investment banks offer some of their interns full-time positions. The application process is similar to that of graduate schemes. Internships are normally open to penultimate-year students.

Experience gained in back-office functions within an investment bank also demonstrates a long term commitment to working within the investment banking environment.

Part-time work or holiday work within your chosen organisation can also be very valuable, especially at selection stage when employers are looking for ways to differentiate between the candidates."

As I said before, mate of mine used to work for Morgan Stanley and now Nomura and he went to Westminster Uni, so it is possible. What I will say is that once you've worked for one, it seems much easier to get into the others. Signalling, y'see.
 
Bruce Wayne said:
Again though, there are some 250,000 working in the City and Canary Wharf alone, plus many thousands more in places like Edinburgh.

https://www.prospects.ac.uk/job-profiles/corporate-investment-banker

Doesn't say anything about brown shoes ;)

"Gaining work experience in the industry is crucial. Completing an internship with an investment bank is a valuable way to improve your chances of securing a job. Most investment banks offer some of their interns full-time positions. The application process is similar to that of graduate schemes. Internships are normally open to penultimate-year students.

Experience gained in back-office functions within an investment bank also demonstrates a long term commitment to working within the investment banking environment.

Part-time work or holiday work within your chosen organisation can also be very valuable, especially at selection stage when employers are looking for ways to differentiate between the candidates."

As I said before, mate of mine used to work for Morgan Stanley and now Nomura and he went to Westminster Uni, so it is possible. What I will say is that once you've worked for one, it seems much easier to get into the others. Signalling, y'see.
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Sorry Bruce you are still ignoring the decision makers mate, the real power brokers, those sat in the mythical penthouse suite. What you describe in your final para is simply headhunting, grabbing the best of the rest. How many Etonians have you worked with? As I said earlier what chance does the kid from Roughwood stand, none whatsoever, he stand no chance now of making it to Uni as the bridges built to help have been drawn in, but we're all in this together.
 

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