Eat your heart out Cambridge, YET another Oxford Prime Minister!

Theresa May will be the 27th Oxford educated Prime Minister.

The last educated at Cambridge was Baldwin who left office in 1937. There have been ten Oxonians in Number 10 since then.

Quite some dominance from the oldest University in the English speaking world...

:smile:

Reply 1

math42

Yah but geography isn't a proper subject let's be real

Reply 2

Serine Soul

Yeah, no mate, Cambridge is too busy making people who actually make worthwhile contributions to society

jk for all the serious ones out there

(edited 7 years ago)

Reply 3

username1539513

Original post by 1 8 13 20 42

Yah but geography isn't a proper subject let's be real

Dead

Reply 4

Samii123

Imo Cambridge have had alumni who have been more influential on the world than that of Oxford.

Reply 5

kkboyk

Still won't change people's perspective that Cambridge is better than Oxford.

Reply 6

HanSoloLuck

the question is;

What doe one elitist institution say to another ?

Reply 7

Serine Soul

Original post by HanSoloLuck

the question is;

What doe one elitist institution say to another ?

"Do you think they'll notice we've taken in less state schooled kids this year?"

Reply 8

Indeterminate

Ah, so that explains why the state of British politics is so regrettable :tongue:

Original post by Samii123

Imo Cambridge have had alumni who have been more influential on the world than that of Oxford.

There's "influence" and there's actually running the world. :biggrin:

Reply 11

username2324315

Would rather go to Cambridge than a uni which has "educated" people such as Margaret Thatcher, Tony Blair, David Cameron etc.. :u:

Reply 12

kkboyk

Original post by generallee

There's "influence" and there's actually running the world. :biggrin:

Since when was Britain considered to be "the world"?

Reply 13

generallee

Original post by kkboyk

Since when was Britain considered to be "the world"?

Check out the number of foreign Prime Ministers and Presidents educated at Oxford too.. :biggrin:

Joshing aside, it IS pretty extraordinary.

The only way I can explain it is that it is self selecting process. The kind of people who aspire to high political office gravitate there, not Cambridge.

Unless anyone else has a theory?

Reply 14

Samii123

Original post by generallee

There's "influence" and there's actually running the world. :biggrin:

You could argue that influence IS running the world.

Reply 15

idunnwithlife

Original post by generallee

This post didn't age well 😂😂😂

Reply 16

generallee

Original post by idunnwithlife

This post didn't age well 😂😂😂

How so?

She lost her job (it kinda comes with the territory) after a short (forgettable) tenure, to be replaced by YET another Oxonian, Boris Johnson.

Even the hated eminence grise, Dominic Cummings went there!

It is a post which has improved with age if anything...

Reply 17

idunnwithlife

Original post by generallee

Huh I guess that's true, but to be fair never really liked Boris sooooo 😂😂😂

Reply 18

Napp

Original post by generallee

I dont know, the May tenure fairly torpedoed it and Johnson has yet to prove his metal in any realm bar slavishly deferring to that egg headed prat Cummings.