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Learning About Modern Britain, In Quotes

On liberty in Britain:
The way cabinet ministers think of themselves today and what they do are at odds. They think of themselves as reasonable, tolerant, humane and liberal people, but their actions tell an altogether different story.
- taken from the Summerfield Lecture
It’s in The Independent, so it will be subscriber only soon. It’s from a […]

Learning About Modern Britain, In Quotes

The BNP:
“have exactly the same policies as the Labour Party used to…..AND they hate Pakis.”
Overheard in Aldi, Glomm-on-Trent

Added: Hmm. Maybe I should clarify this a little. It was initially meant just as an example of the kind of language that I hear everyday in this part of the world; that is so commonplace that I […]

Learning About Modern Britain, In Quotes

Waitrose is:
“a fast-growing supermarket chain catering for people too refined to shop at Sainsbury’s.”
-The Economist
Song playing as this was published: Ramstein - “Amerika”