Columnist says David Cameron is 'trapped' by wealth, Twitter begs to differ

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LONDON -- A column that seems to offer David Cameron a defence over his tax dealings appeared in The Daily Telegraph on Sunday and people were losing their chill about part where it says the British Prime Minister is "trapped in wealth."

Just as people get trapped in poverty, you can, according to columnist Charles Moore, be trapped in wealth. 

The columnist, educated at Eton and Cambridge, delivers an interesting explanation of last week's PR failure around the prime minister's tax dealings, saying his "background in which hereditary wealth is the norm".   


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It didn't go over well with Twitter: 







However, others attempted to defend the columnist, claiming that the "trapped in wealth" expression was meant to criticise the prime minister, not defend him: 


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