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Robert Webb had a devastating response to Julia Hartley-Brewer and it prompted quite the debate

Julia Hartley-Brewer had this contribution to make to a discussion about whether the media is dominated by people who have made it because of their connections and/or personal background rather than merit.

Someone challenged her by saying going to Oxford was the very definition of privilege.

To which she replied …

And Peep Show’s Robert Webb was having none of it.

Ouch. Hartley-Brewer went to Magdalen College, Oxford, in case you’re wondering, and Webb to Robinson College, Cambridge.

Here’s a flavour of the debate it prompted on Twitter.

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UPDATE

The Peep Show star later had this to say …

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