Perhaps it’s down to upbringing, maybe it’s a fault in their education: for whatever reason, struggling high earners are apt to be their own worst advocates.
Assuming the financial pain is as severe as some are claiming, you wonder if they wouldn’t do better to invite cameras and a celebrity, following in the footsteps of Matthew Parris and Michael Portillo, to join their community and experience what life’s really like on a salary of £100,000, even £200,000 a year.
