LBC host James O’Brien said he wouldn’t have the career he has today without private education – but he still thinks the system should be abolished.
“When my father made his way into journalism through the traditional route of local newspapers, and finally became the Midlands correspondent of the Daily Mail, he hit a barrier past which it became very difficult for him to pass, because he had a Yorkshire accent and he didn’t wear a waistcoat,” O’Brien said during a panel at Hay Festival.
