| The danger lies, in other words, in the freshly glaring poshness of the Tory elite. |
| But poshness only really matters if it matters to voters if Britons favour politicians of a social class close to their own, or at least if class seems to steer voting behaviour. |
| By the end of the evening the combination of the violins, the wine and the heady atmosphere of privilege and poshness have us walking on air as we leave. |
| But just as the eventual arrival of Harvey Nichols was seen as a sign we had 'arrived',' a Waitrose is viewed as another barometer of our poshness. |
| If he can detach academic excellence from the national obsession with poshness, he will be remembered as a revolutionary. |
| Tony Blair's educational background is often cited as evidence of poshness, but in truth the prime minister is merely a middle-class professional. |
