...Whatever you may think of the value of IQ tests, it is surely relevant to a conversation about equality that as many as 16 per cent of our species have an IQ below 85, while about 2 per cent have an IQ above 130. The harder you shake the pack, the easier it will be for some cornflakes to get to the top...
I assume then that Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson built up his wealth and position solely on the basis of his own intelligence then .....

Obviously no connections at all with his humble beginings at the European School of Brussels, Ashdown House School or Eton College. Or the fact that his dad was a former Conservative Member of the European Parliament and employee of the European Commission and World Bank.