Former Eton College Master .

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Admits faliure in educating Tories.....John Claughton former Eton master who taught Ex pupils Johnson ,Mogg and Kwarteng says he failed to rein them in and admits these three have helped damage the very fabric of Britain saying they left Eton with the sense of Privilege, entitlement and omniscience .......Sadly I failed .
.......Yes you did ...But I admire your honesty.

[Peter Pedant]

Yes Times letter.

The background: double page spread on Eton the previous day, with the current principal trumpeting his schools advantages. Fees £46 000 / y. " far beyond most of the population"
"This school would have closed years ago if it stuck to 1446 principles"

Eton's Failure
John Claughton Master Eton 1984-2001 writes. Dear Sir
Whatever wider strategy Eton adopts, the school itself will continue to educate the global elite or those who will become the global elite. ("If we had stayed the same since 1440, tEton would have closed years ago" article Jun10). Perhaps its most imortant mission is to ensure that its pupils are saved from the sense of privilege, entitlement and omniscience that can produce such alumni as Boris Johnson, Jacob Rees-Mogg Kwasi Kwarteng and ben Elliott and thereby damage a country's very fabric. Sadly I failed in that purpose.

oo-er Head Master ! four strokes of the cane for you !

[Peter Pedant]

I felt sorry for the old fella
mea maxima culpa from a proddie leader

others: Merkel after Ukraine invasion: " I have been wrong for 20 years"

Piltdown forgery 1952: " Dr Dart was right and I was wrong" - some old bagga in London, who had championed the forgery

Isaac Barrow - "I shouldnt be Lucasian prof of Mathematics: Mr Newton should" - 1665.

honestly it doesnt happen very often

[Peter Pedant]

Letter in reply to day - Thursday
Dont feel that bad, John, you are clearly not totally responsible....

another says - chrissakes the parents get what they pay £46 000 p a for - entrenched privilege....

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