Monkey wonders if the education secretary, Michael Gove, was aware of all the facts when he reportedly complained to the Times CEO Summit that too many senior jobs at the BBC are filled with people who have had a private school education. A quick look at the CVs of the top 24 BBC execs reveals that just six went to a private school. Director of future media Ralph Rivera went to a state school in the Bronx. And BBC director of rights and business affairs and vision operations, Bal Samra, went to one of the lowest performing schools in the country which has now been turned into an academy recently visited by ... yes ... wait for it ... Michael Gove. Meanwhile, according to Monkey's maths, 15 out of the 25 members of the cabinet went to a private school including, lest we forget, Gove himself, though to his credit he did win a scholarship.
