Who, by your test, does have such great insight, prior to great office? And is it even necessary? Asquith, Lloyd Georges predecessor, was a barrister, famous only for his defence role in the amusing case of Carlill vs Carbolic Smoke Ball Company. The majority of PM's, other than full-fledged toffs, were Oxbridge graduates, of course. Well known for their common touch? I doubt whether any candidate for high office had time or opportunity to gain an insight into the great majority of the population. Churchill and Attlee perhaps more than most, due to their immersion in front line combat and the privations of war, for a time at least.
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