Social Mobility

I have an admission to make, my father got me my first real job and my next door neighbour , my second. In that respect I'm just like Nick Clegg. The real issue is that my first job as a student was in a warehouse, and my second was in an industrial laundry. Of course Clegg's were at a Finnish bank and at the European Commission. This makes me conclude that parents and neighbours worldwide tryo to help their children and friends, what is at issue here is class. In fact I sense the whole social mobility issue as promoted by Cameron and Clegg is a scam. In truth there are only so many internships and in fact even in a meritocracy how many students who live away from London and come from parents on average salaries, could afford to rent a room and feed themselves while working for nothing. What is more worrying is that many young people realise that routes into politics, business etc are shut off to them, and so they look instead at "celebrity culture". A world where minimal talent and no qualifications are no barrier to success. A world where seemingly doors are opened and money pours in. Of course this is as much of an illusion, as Clegg's offer of social mobility. Our society needs a few to climb the ladder, in order to feed the line that there is a "British dream" to equate with that the other side of the Atlantic. Yet for most the barriers remain the same, the posh kids have all the contacts.