Private Eye
The latest edition of Private Eye has a great story about the hypocrisy of people who attacked Nick Clegg - for his recent speech on using family connections to gain an 'unfair' advantage in the jobs market.
"WHAT A CHEEK!" roared the front page of the Daily Mail as it castigated Nick Clegg for criticisng 'unfair, informal internships' as a barrier to social mobility.
"It emerged that his millionaire father had secured him the internship that launched his career and a titled family friend helped him get his first proper job, " the paper sneered.
A reminder: Paul Dacre, editor of the Daily Mail, got into journalism by working as a messenger boy on the Sunday Express during his school holidays and then bagged a traineeship on the daily title during his year off before university. How dod he get such lucky breaks? Well his father Peter just happened to be the showbusiness editor.......
Meanwhile the Guardian's Comment is Free site was hosting a debate on the same topic: "Is Clegg right to brand family connections an unfair way of launching your career? Did a family member help you get your first job? Would you help family members gain entry to your, or a friend's professional sphere if you could? Where should we draw the line between family values and nepotism that entrenches inequality? That is, of course, the Comment is Free site moderated by Isabella Mackie, who just happens to be the daughter of Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger."
Enough said.
"WHAT A CHEEK!" roared the front page of the Daily Mail as it castigated Nick Clegg for criticisng 'unfair, informal internships' as a barrier to social mobility.
"It emerged that his millionaire father had secured him the internship that launched his career and a titled family friend helped him get his first proper job, " the paper sneered.
A reminder: Paul Dacre, editor of the Daily Mail, got into journalism by working as a messenger boy on the Sunday Express during his school holidays and then bagged a traineeship on the daily title during his year off before university. How dod he get such lucky breaks? Well his father Peter just happened to be the showbusiness editor.......
Meanwhile the Guardian's Comment is Free site was hosting a debate on the same topic: "Is Clegg right to brand family connections an unfair way of launching your career? Did a family member help you get your first job? Would you help family members gain entry to your, or a friend's professional sphere if you could? Where should we draw the line between family values and nepotism that entrenches inequality? That is, of course, the Comment is Free site moderated by Isabella Mackie, who just happens to be the daughter of Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger."
Enough said.
