tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post4561473543005820288..comments2024-03-04T17:54:32.559+00:00Comments on Iain Dale's Diary: Osborne Passes the Interview TestIain Dalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03270146219458384372noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-67164864831267459472008-09-21T21:48:00.000+01:002008-09-21T21:48:00.000+01:00Not A SheepNot al toffs are rich and not all rich ...Not A Sheep<BR/><BR/>Not al toffs are rich and not all rich people are toffs. However, someone with a £4m trust fund set up by his titled father seems to me to fulfil the basic criteria for toffdom.<BR/><BR/>As to your other questions:<BR/><BR/>Is being a toff a handicap to being a politician? It was for Douglas Hurd and Douglas-Home, so, yes, it can be.<BR/><BR/>Are you more real if your family were poor? As far as I understand the slightly odd question, we're all equally real, rich and poor alike.<BR/><BR/>Above which level of family income should someone be disbarred from becoming a politician? No bar in my view.<BR/><BR/>I think you're reading rather too much into my comment, to be honest.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00460467261108308392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-86736364734012002192008-09-21T20:59:00.000+01:002008-09-21T20:59:00.000+01:00Help me out Simon (7:18) Are all toffs rich? Are a...Help me out Simon (7:18) Are all toffs rich? Are all rich people toffs? Is being a toff a handicap to being a politician? Are you more real if your family were poor? Above which level of family income should someone be disbarred from becoming a politician?Not a sheephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14123293202225008273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-26501165253167306962008-09-21T19:18:00.000+01:002008-09-21T19:18:00.000+01:00Is he not a toff? I suppose it depends on your def...Is he not a toff? I suppose it depends on your definition. As the piece points out, though a long way down<BR/><BR/>"He has an estimated personal fortune of around £4 million, as the beneficiary of a trust fund that owns a 15-per-cent stake in Osborne & Little, the wallpaper-and-fabrics company co-founded by his father, Sir Peter Osborne."<BR/><BR/>It's a bit different from, say, Alan Johnson's upbringing....Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00460467261108308392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-90093537732652440862008-09-21T18:16:00.000+01:002008-09-21T18:16:00.000+01:00Well, an interview with the deep blue Mail on Sund...Well, an interview with the deep blue Mail on Sunday hardly constitutes a 'test'. With the Guardian or Times, maybe. It reads like pure PR puffery.michaelmphhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13441144253958716911noreply@blogger.com