He's cast as an artless foil to Sebastian's wistful ― and, frankly, privileged ― outlook.
But he used the speech to set out how his liberal values came to be formed, his "privileged" childhood and his "internationalist" outlook.
Hodgson's own innate modesty, a quality which does not disguise his self-belief, appears to have suffused, however temporarily, the outlook of players whose privileged life has often seemed to distort their view of their place in the world.
Though they differ in temperament and outlook, both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton personify versions of Lasch's self-protecting privileged class, whose careers and lives contribute to the breakdown of an inclusive, national democratic culture.
Ed has spoken about how the experience of seeing equally bright pupils, from less privileged backgrounds, failing to reach their potential had a profound impact on his politics and outlook.
"I felt very privileged".
Our privileged intensity.
"I feel super privileged.
