Wonderland: Young Bright And On The Right (Thu, 9pm, BBC2)
We’ve done gypsies, scutters in Essex and Hooray Henrys in Chelsea, now it’s time for a sensitive look at another group on the fringes of society: Tory Boys. This three-parter meets Joe and Chris, who are aspiring Conservative politicians at Oxford and Cambridge University respectively. The unions at Oxbridge have been training grounds for Tory politicos for generations, with all manner ...
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We’ve done gypsies, scutters in Essex and Hooray Henrys in Chelsea, now it’s time for a sensitive look at another group on the fringes of society: Tory Boys. This three-parter meets Joe and Chris, who are aspiring Conservative politicians at Oxford and Cambridge University respectively. The unions at Oxbridge have been training grounds for Tory politicos for generations, with all manner of rotters having cut their teeth in these fevered environments, and this series would suggest that it’s still fertile soil. The camera delights in capturing these weirdo middle-aged 20-year-olds, all three-piece suits and plummy vowels, and it’s fair to say that some of the wannabe politicians are, if anything, even more hilariously awful than the grown-up ones. A dash of poignancy is added by the fact that Joe and Chris, despite their smarmy pontificating and braying vowels, are actually state school kids, outsiders trying to break into a closed shop of privilege.
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