David Cameron's (only black) working-class adviser 'pushed from No 10 by old Etonians'
Source: The Guardian
Shaun Bailey lost job as adviser on youth, crime and race after exclusion by PM's privately educated colleagues, say friends
The prime minister's only black working-class adviser has been pushed out of 10 Downing Street following the promotion of Old Etonians and other former public school boys, his friends have claimed.
Shaun Bailey lost his job as a special adviser earlier this year and was moved to a part-time role in the Cabinet Office, according to a report in the Daily Telegraph. Bailey felt he was excluded by Cameron's advisers because he was "different" and asked demanding questions about what the government was doing. After four months of being excluded by Cameron's other advisers he was moved to what he saw as a "non-job" in the Cabinet Office.
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Bailey told his friends that the PM's advisers had no interest in concerns about the cost of living or diversity and were heavily conditioned by a public school mindset.
Cameron has been accused of running an old boys' network at No 10 after he recently promoted several Old Etonians including Jo Johnson, the brother of the London mayor Boris Johnson, and Jesse Norman.
Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2013/may/11/david-cameron-adviser-shaun-bailey-etonians
David Cameron (right) with Shaun Bailey, who was moved to a non-job
at the Cabinet Office. The PM recently promoted Old Etonians including
Jo Johnson, brother of Boris, and Jesse Norman.
If anyone says they are surprised they're either lying or completely delusional....
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of course. IT will NEVER end, excluding an E.L.E.
Daniel Boffey, policy editor
The Observer, Saturday 11 May 2013 21.02 BST
The prime minister's adviser on enterprise has told the cabinet that the economic downturn is an excellent time for new businesses to boost profits and grow because labour is cheap, the Observer can reveal.
Lord Young, a cabinet minister under the late Baroness Thatcher, who is the only aide with his own office in Downing Street, told ministers that the low wage levels in a recession made larger financial returns easier to achieve. His comments are contained in a report to be published this week, on which the cabinet was briefed last Tuesday.
Young, who has already been forced to resign from his position once before for downplaying the impact of the recession on people, writes: "The rise in the number of businesses in recent years shows that a recession can be an excellent time to start a business.
"Competitors who fall by the wayside enable well-run firms to expand and increase market share. Factors of production such as premises and labour can be cheaper and higher quality, meaning that return on investment can be greater."
Continues: http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2013/may/11/young-recession-cheap-labour
Already had to resign once before (in 2010) but they love his advice so much they had to have him back.
I was wondering whether to post it here or not. I happened a week ago, but all the news outlets are only reporting it now...
Bedroom Tax victim commits suicide: Grandmother Stephanie Bottrill blames government in tragic note
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/suicide-bedroom-tax-victim-stephanie-1883600
BTW Thanks for the heads up, this is LBN though. Good night last night was it? lol. 
Big worry for so many people. My friend is a practice nurse in London, and has been telling me stories about how terrified some of the patients are; it's the last thing you need when you're sick or elderly.
'BTW Thanks for the heads up, this is LBN though. Good night last night was it? lol.'
I wish! Just a brain that's getting older, and a bit full!
