Ecuador’s election wasn’t free — and its people will pay the price under President Noboa
Breaking the old boys’ network
When you look at their backgrounds, is it any surprise that Johnson and Cummings hold the lives of the working class in such little value, asks ROBERT POOLE

WAS THERE ever a better time than now to abolish Eton and its ilk?
Yet again, we’re seeing another private school alumnus breaking the rules and having his back covered by someone from the old boys’ network.
Old boy of the 600-year-old Durham School Dominic Cummings, and senior adviser to Old Etonian Prime Minister Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson, appeared on TV this week to explain why he broke lockdown.
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