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...called “wets,” once thought vanquished by the hard-right Lady Thatcher, have had the last laugh since the arrival of Cameron.Of course, this is an over-simplification. Even moderates have been shaped by the Thatcher revolution. Today’s “Cameron-conservatives”, however, are kinder, gentler Conservatives—the kind you wouldn’t be ashamed of inviting over for dinner. This makeover has led to the Conservatives’ resurgence in the polls. But that’s not enough for some hard-right Tories...
...statistics: lamb survival rates are 85% inside the fence; 60% outside it. And there's no doubt which side he's on. Brought up on a farm in Victoria's Western District, Pekin took off on holiday in 1990 "and never went back." A hired hand on stations from Cameron Corner to the Pilbara, the dogger has fallen in love with the lure of long distance. "Oh, it's beautiful," he says. "When I camp out at night the skies are clear." One senses he is happiest when he can see forever...
...posh accent and useful contacts that will guarantee access to the top of British society. At least among many metropolitan commentators, that fed an anti?private school, anti-Eton mood for years. A lot of smart money during the Tory leadership contest in 2005 discounted 39-year-old David Cameron simply because he was an Old Etonian. He had to fight the image: "It's not where you come from but where you are going that counts," he said, as if he had had to escape a deprived childhood. Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott, a former ship's steward, targeted...
...maybe times are changing; maybe Britain is less bothered by the old engines of class division than it once was. (And maybe ordinary Britons were never as bothered by signs of privilege as the chattering classes.) When all was said and done, Cameron did win the Tory leadership. Polls rate him as more popular than Tony Blair or Brown - and his speaking style has a lot more street cred than Brown's. Blair himself is the product of an Edinburgh school, Fettes, that is often called the Scottish Eton. A lot of institutions that used to symbolize and perpetuate inequality...
...work hard, having the school on your résumé doesn't raise the same worries it did 20 years ago. "No one has to live it down," says Viney. "Employers are pretty neutral." The "Eton burden," if there truly ever was one, appears to be getting lighter. Cameron is the first Old Etonian to lead a major British political party for 40 years; those seeking other role models in public life can look to the Old Etonians who have run Amnesty International, Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth. All in all, it's a good time for Eton...