How many British prime ministers were educated in the state system?

Question

Say from 1945 onwards ...

I know Blair wasn't.
But John major was.
Was Tatcher?

PS. for the Americans ... state system is the education you don't pay for. As opposed to the private schools that charge fees for tuition. Just in case ...

grammar is state education to me ... but there's none left in my county though.

Answer 1

Off hand, the only two I can think of is Harold Wilson. He started at a State School then went on up to Oxford where he eventually became an Oxford First, not just once, but twice. He was the best brain in 100 years.

John Major was educated in the State School system. A clever politician, who as a Conservative Councillor in Lambeth in the 1960s took on the task of housing black people, who subsequently had not been even offered council houses. As PM he was much misunderstood.

Answer 2

Possibly Harold Wilson - you'd have to check. Most MPs are bright so those who did go through the 'state' system went to grammar schools. Mrs Thatcher went to grammar school, apart from her I believe all Conservative PMs went to public/private school (apart from John Major as you already said).

Grammar school are free state schools for clever kids. They have to take an entrance exam in order to get in.

Answer 3

Isn't it ironic and interesting that regardless of which education system they came from they are all of "one type" that are the building blocks of our political system:
Devious
Scheming
Liars
Self seeking
Insincere
Some geneticist should do a study as to the genetic abnormality so it can be eradicated.

Answer 4

i am pretty sure you are wrong and that major didn't. he was born on a council estate and one of the few toriesof the time not to have gone to eton or some such.

i think you can count the total on the fingers of one hand. i'd say: Wilson, Major, Blair and nobody else.

Answer 5

didn'r realise any of them had an education they all seem a bit thick