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Surprised at the stupidity of Boris Johnson and his Cabinet?

Well, you will be astonished at how much it cost to educate them.

Of 32 Cabinet members, 17 went to private schools, many of them elite institutions such as Eton, where fees top £40,000.

At current rates, the fees, from age 11, would be £2.5million.

Holly Rigby, of Labour Against Private Schools, said: “ Boris Johnson ’s Cabinet is one of the poshest in recent history,.

“It’s clear that the millions spent on education hasn’t made them fit to lead the country.”

She said state school students were “statistically” unlikely to ever lead the country as “power is hoarded by a privileged elite”.

Hopefully, these dunces will soon be expelled from office.

Boris Johnson, 55, Prime Minister - £269,865

(Image: Duncan McGlynn)

Education cost: Ashdown House, Sussex (75-77): £28,680/year = £57,360

Eton (77-82): £42,501/year = £212,505

Total: £269,865

Jacob Rees-Mogg, 50, Leader of the House - £217,509

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Education cost: Westminster Under School (80-82): £2,502/year = £5004

Eton (82-87): £42,501/year = £212,505

Total: £217,509

Amber Rudd, 56, Work & Pensions Secretary - £231,576

(Image: PA)

Education cost: Cheltenham Ladies’ College (74-79): £38,340/year - £191,700

Queen’s College, London (79-81): £19,938/year - £39,876

Total: £231,576

Matt Hancock, 40, Health Secretary - £68,850

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Education cost: The King’s School, Chester (89-94) £13,770/year

Total: £68,850

Theresa Villiers, 51, Environment Secretary - £151,200

(Image: Andy Stenning/Daily Mirror)

Education cost: Francis Holland Girls’ School, central London (69-76): £21,600/year

Total: £151,200

James Cleverly, 50, Party Chairman - £123,288

(Image: Getty)

Education cost: Colfe’s School, London (80-88): £17,604/year

Total: £123,228

Nicky Morgan, 46, Culture Secretary - £126,672

(Image: Getty)

Education cost: Surbiton High School (83-90): £18,096/year

Total: £126,672

Ben Wallace, 49, Defence Secretary - £165,435

(Image: Reuters)

Education cost: Millfield School, Somerset (81-88): £18,705/year (yrs 7 and 8), £25,605/year (yrs 9+)

Total: £165,435

Brandon Lewis, 48, Security Minister - £138,285

(Image: Getty)

Education cost: Forest School, Walthamstow (82-89): £19,755/year

Total: £138,285

Rishi Sunak, 39, Chief Secretary to the Treasury - £291,963

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Education cost: Winchester College (91-98): £41,709/year

Total: £291,963

Alister Jack, 56, Scotland Secretary - £231,300

(Image: Getty)

Education cost: Crawfordton House l, Dumfriesshire (74-76): £23,400/year = £46,800* Glenalmond College (76-81): £36,900/year = £184,500

Total: £231,300

* The school has now closed so this is a 2006 figure

Alok Sharma, 51, International Development Secretary - £122,598

(Image: Get Reading)

Education cost: Reading Blue Coat School (78-85): £17,514/year

Total: £122,598

Robert Buckland, 50, Justice Secretary - £86,808

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Education cost: St Michael’s School, Llanelli (70-77): £11,634/year (yrs 7 and 8), £12,708/year (yrs 9+)

Total: £86,808

Kwasi Kwarteng, 44, Energy Minister - £267,750

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Education cost: Eton (86-93): £38,250/year (King’s Scholar)

Total: About £267,750 *

* King’s Scholars pay up to 90% of the fees which is how this is calculated

Geoffrey Cox, 59, Attorney General - £161,490

(Image: Reuters)

Education cost: King’s College, Taunton (70-77): £23,070/year

Total: £161,490

Stephen Barclay, 47, Brexit Secretary - £85,995

(Image: Getty)

Education cost: King Edward VII School, Lytham St Annes (83-90): £12,285/year

Total: £85,995

Esther McVey, 51, Housing Minister - £55,041

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Education cost: Belvedere School, Liverpool (69-76): £7,863/year

Total: £55,041 *

* These are 2006 figures when it stopped being a fee-paying school