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Today at 60: Who runs Britain?

John Humphrys investigates the idea of 'the establishment' 60 years after its conception

Who runs Britain? Does the 'establishment' still exist and if it doesn't what has replaced it?

Ferdinand Mount inherited a baronetcy and ran the policy unit at Number Ten for Margaret Thatcher. Owen Jones writes for The Guardian. His father was a shop steward and his grandfather was a communist. They discuss exactly what the establishment means and whether or not the concept is still relevant today.

(Image: Eton pupils. Credit: Getty Images)

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