Chums: How a Tiny Caste of Oxford Tories Took Over the UK by Simon Kuper - Non Fiction - Paperback

Details. Condition: Brand New. Format: Paperback. ISBN: 9781788167390. Publisher: Profile Books. Overview. Chums is Simon Kuper's acclaimed investigation into how a small, privileged circle of Oxford University contemporaries came to dominate British politics. A Sunday Times bestseller and Times Best Book of the Year, it traces the friendships, rivalries and shared worldview forged in Oxford's debating halls through to Westminster. Sharp, witty and meticulously researched, this paperback edition includes a new chapter examining the end of the "chumocracy" era and the rising Oxford elite set to shape Britain by 2050.. About the Book. In Chums, journalist and author Simon Kuper turns his attention to one of the most consequential stories in modern British politics: the extraordinary dominance of Oxford University alumni at the very top of government. Boris Johnson, Michael Gove, David Cameron, George Osborne, Theresa May, Dominic Cummings, Daniel Hannan and Jacob Rees-Mogg all passed through the same narrow world of Oxford tutorials, student unions and society dinners, and brought the habits, rivalries and friendships formed there onto the national stage. Thirteen of the last seventeen postwar British prime ministers attended Oxford, and Kuper argues that this narrowest of talent pools shaped not just the personalities but the very character of modern British politics, including the road to Brexit.. Drawing on deep reporting and his own experience of the university, Kuper shows...