Interesting column in the Telegraph.

Unfortunately, no sooner had our rowers, cyclists and sailors collected their medals than the carping started - largely on account of their successes being clocked up in "posh" sports. That a disproportionately high number of these British champions went to fee-paying schools is regarded by some as a symptom of a divided society, evidence of a deep-rooted malaise.

In place of celebration, there is consternation: dark mumblings about the benefits of privilege. In the warped view of the Grumblies, middle-class successes are to be resented, as if, like those of drugs cheats, their places on the awards podium were the result of improper behaviour.

Oh dear...

Am I alone in rejoicing as British Olympians, despite extreme exhaustion, conduct live interviews in clear, correct English? If this is the worst that can be said of the middle class, I'm tempted to apply for membership.

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The unpalatable truth is that we have become so accustomed to the syntax-mangling, grammarless, cliché-ridden Neanderthal grunts of our professional footballers that, in comparison, just about every member of Team GB (with the exception of one or two boxers) seems like an alumnus of an expensive finishing academy.