Elite British boys meet Vladimir Putin

[Loki]

Vladimir Putin's private meeting with elite British schoolboys


Eton's Trenton Bricken wrote on Facebook that Vladimir Putin "was small in person but not in presence."

(CNN) It's not every day that you get to drop into the Kremlin and have Russian President Vladimir Putin as your host. But that's exactly what happened to schoolboys from Britain's prestigious Eton College.

And their schoolmasters didn't even know about it.

"This was a private visit by a small group of boys (organized) entirely at their own initiative and independently of the college," the school said of last week's visit.

And it seems the Russian Embassy in London may have been none the wiser, too.

"This was a private trip and a private meeting," it said in a statement. "The embassy issued the visas for the 10 Eton students visiting Moscow and St. Petersburg."



So what did the boys make of the influential leader? "He was small in person but not in presence," student Trenton Bricken said in a Facebook post with a photo of him shaking hands with Putin.

Eton isn't unfamiliar with heads of government; the college has produced 19 prime ministers and countless public figures.

British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson and former Prime Minister David Cameron both attended the school.

[Graham]

Could we not have flown those potentially corrupt Eton-toffs to Russia and left them there?

#stab

[frankhammer]

Could we not have flown those potentially corrupt Eton-toffs to Russia and left them there?

#stab

Maybe their plan is to save the UK from the obsessive nanny state it has become?

[Graham]

Maybe their plan is to save the UK from the obsessive nanny state it has become?

The nanny State, by looking after the clan and it's own as a united country should do.

The UK has been moving more neo-lib every year. Welfare limits, full privatisation of the royal mail, private contracts in NHS etc..

The only protected social protection over the years has been the 'State Pension.' It's our largest welfare spend and I don't recall Eton boy Cameron cutting that? The Eton lads know where they get their votes.

[frankhammer]

The nanny State, by looking after the clan and it's own as a united country should do.

The UK has been moving more neo-lib every year. Welfare limits, full privatisation of the royal mail, private contracts in NHS etc..

The only protected social protection over the years has been the 'State Pension.' It's our largest welfare spend and I don't recall Eton boy Cameron cutting that? The Eton lads know where they get their votes.

Who are "it's own" now though? Not the natives? Or natives of other lands with their divisive religions?

[Graham]

Who are "it's own" now though? Not the natives? Or natives of other lands with their divisive religions?

It's a shame both can't be seen as separate. We have lots of migrants in parts of England, so to hell with it and go new world American style individualism, only united by a flag.

If Eton posh boy Cameron and Fettes schooled posh boy Blair actually limited migration, then I might not be struggling to give you an answer.

[frankhammer]

It's a shame both can't be seen as separate. We have lots of migrants in parts of England, so to hell with it and go new world American style individualism, only united by a flag.

If Eton posh boy Cameron and Fettes schooled posh boy Blair actually limited migration, i might not be struggling to give you an answer.

I understand. Unfortunately, flags don't unite us all.

Honestly, I have no allegiances anymore. Foreigners have citizenship in 2 years. They're voting and able to be elected to office. They don't look like me, sound like us nor have similar values. They're killing people with their appalling driving and several are already going through the justice system over corruption charges.

[Halgurd]

do u think they pimp pigs?

[Mortimer]

Cool