How well it still works. The advancement of Etonians by Etonians, as if to compensate for the lost years of grammar school premiers, became so normalised after 2010 that it was never addressed as an actual scandal – as it might have been had the fraternity been exposed as freemasons, or ex-miners, or members of the same betting syndicate.
Kwarteng's September 2023 mini-budget, dropped within weeks, led to the end of his term as Chancellor of the Exchequer and Liz Truss resigning as prime minister.