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Cricket metaphors make Civil Service a sticky wicket for the working class

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by: RH - Sun, 30 May 2021 15:49 UTC

Note: I say you fellows there are chaps whining about not understanding that life is a sticky wicket and it is only natural that fellows are upended by a shooter or get away with a Harrow Drive .,,,RH

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2021/05/20/cricket-metaphors-make-civil-service-sticky-wicket-working-class/

Cricket metaphors make Civil Service a sticky wicket for the working class
Use of Latin and sporting terminology act as a barrier to employees from disadvantaged backgrounds, a social mobility report finds

ByGabriella Swerling, SOCIAL AND RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS EDITOR and Ben Riley-Smith, POLITICAL EDITOR
20 May 2021 • 6:00am
Civil servants’ use of Latin and cricket metaphors acts as a “secret code” and a barrier to working class success, a report has found.

The Social Mobility Commission (SMC) has published its findings into socio-economic diversity within the Civil Service, describing the route to promotions as via “velvet drainpipe”, with those from vastly under-represented disadvantaged backgrounds having to master "unwritten rules" in order to progress.

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Cricket metaphors make Civil Service a sticky wicket for the working class	RH