Although tech entrepreneurs dominate the list's upper echelons, the influence of on-screen talent has gained ground this year.
"In every single sphere of British influence, the upper echelons of power in 2013 are held overwhelmingly by the privately educated or the affluent middle class," he said.
He tried to blame the last Labour government for a "collapse in social mobility", which does really not chime with the facts, but his basic point was simple enough: "In every single sphere of British influence, the upper echelons of power in 2013 are held overwhelmingly by the privately educated or the affluent middle class," he said.
In the speech to Tory party grassroots activists on Friday evening, Sir John - who went to a grammar school in south London and left with three O-Levels - said: "In every single sphere of British influence, the upper echelons of power in 2013 are held overwhelmingly by the privately educated or the affluent middle class.
The addition of Ms. Hicks to Lachlan Murdoch's core management team offers him another boost in replicating his father's influence at the upper echelons of government.
But Russo, impressed by the think tank's influence in the highest echelons of U.S. policymaking, jumped at the opportunity.
The falling number of British diplomats working in the upper echelons of EU institutions risks limiting the country's influence, MPs are warning.
Wire-service reports estimate that Mexico's drug lords employ over 100,000 soldiers -- approximately as many as the Mexican army -- and that the cartels' wealth, intimidation, and influence extend to the highest echelons of law enforcement and government.
In not ignoring the established parameters of televised debate, it felt as though Brand genuinely bought us one step closer to influencing and understanding the higher echelons of power.
Indeed, their transformative social and cultural influence was even recognized among the upper echelons of political power.
Jogiches operated easily within the Polish Marxist movement, but recognised that any influence he might have within the upper echelons of the German Social Democrats depended on the brilliant and personable Luxemburg.
