Fascinating breakdown on the educational breakdown of the 2010 Parliament at the Sutton Trust.
Key fact:
Only 15 per cent of Labour MPs went to independent schools.
For the Tories the figure is 54 per cent and the Lib Dems it is 40 per cent – almost as high.
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