YOU just have to look at them with their smug faces and creamy complexions or catch their clipped vowels to feel a little shudder of dislike for the posh folk.

Everyone does, don't they? Benedict Cumberbatch, the actor, thinks so. He said in an interview earlier this week that he has been considering leaving the UK because he is fed up being criticised for his privileged background. Harrow-educated, Cumberbatch said he is considering moving to America because he is so weary at "all the posh-bashing that goes on", making reference to his private education.

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