Amanda Platell, a must-read columnist as well as a hugely experienced former editor and political adviser, hits the nail on the head today with her piece on New Labour's 'trustafarians'. She applies the term to the privileged younger generation of Government ministers who have never had to struggle in Opposition or fight for the privilege of office. It's spot on: a label that deserves to enter the political lexicon.
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JM
December 1st, 2007 6:49pm Report this commentlink?
Howard
December 1st, 2007 7:52pm Report this commentWhere is the piece?
Phil Sticks
December 2nd, 2007 1:03am Report this commentSo you congratulate her for stealing a term that has been applied to the privileged young of Notting Hill for decades and not even crediting it as unoriginal?
Jeffrey Randall
December 2nd, 2007 10:01am Report this commentSurely, the real trustafarians are David Cameron and George Osborne who have "never had to struggle" with bills, taxes and mortgages like the rest of us.
Derek Green
December 2nd, 2007 12:14pm Report this commentDear Jeffrey Randall - after 10 years of over-taxation by this ghastly Labour Government there are so many millions more of us struggling to pay the bills !!!
david smith
December 2nd, 2007 9:37pm Report this commenthmmm. Platell an expert on Labour? News to me. And as some have already pointed out, Dave Cameron has stuffed his Shadow Cabinet with Trustafarians who live around the corner from him in Notting Hill, sorry, Norf Kensington. Who's the next expert on the Labour Cabinet - Simon Heffer?
C.Gatenby
December 2nd, 2007 11:16pm Report this commentThe only thing that looks spoilt in this picture is the seat of the trousers of the men in front row. Was that incontinence or incompetence?
Roger Thornhill
December 3rd, 2007 12:21am Report this comment'trustafarian' is a very inappropriate name - since when did anyone trust this form of the Political Classes? 'parasite' seems more suitable.
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