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Cambridge_Mafia
Cambridge_Mafia
Cambridge Mafia
The
Cambridge Mafia
was a
pejorative
term which referred to the fact that many senior British Conservative Party politicians of the 1980s attended the
University of Cambridge
.
They included:
Cabinet minister
Sir Norman Fowler
Conservative party leader
Michael Howard
Environment secretary
John Gummer
Chancellor
Kenneth Clarke
European Commissioner
Sir Leon Brittan
Chancellor
Norman Lamont
.
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