ivory tower

One source described the prime minister as a "top-down ivory tower leader" – a common refrain from some Labour politicians who think Sir Keir lacks a proper grasp.

Another said the prime minister is a "top-down ivory tower leader" who is late to react to early warning signs like Caerphilly.

They’re not coming down from the ivory tower like the doctors.

Is “Homework” about a child who took a remarkably frictionless path, aided by a nation that had invested in civic institutions, from monetary hardship to the ivory tower?

The walls of the ivory tower have been breached, regardless of whether one believes it is the barbarians - or liberators - at the gate.