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If the aristocrats were in control we wouldn't have these problems. They stopped running things a long time ago.

>>b800h+(OP)
Fine, it's not as much an aristocracy as a more general nobility, to an extent competing with foreign oligarchs and governments for control.

E.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Lords and so on.

>>b800h+(OP)
Yes, these days our prime ministers normal, everyday knights, etonians and billionaires. Sometimes they'll be photographed without a tie, or they'll have a chummy nickname like Tony or Dave or Liz.

You know, normal people like you and me.

>>b800h+(OP)
The aristocrats were removed long ago. Bankers have run the UK since the Age of Sail.