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But it is also ' the most class - ridden country under the sun . . . ruled largely by
the old and silly ' . He argued that it would be better for ordinary working people (
who have more common sense , morality , decency and sociability than their ...
But it is also ' the most class - ridden country under the sun . . . ruled largely by
the old and silly ' . He argued that it would be better for ordinary working people (
who have more common sense , morality , decency and sociability than their ...
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In a sense it was revolutionary for both parties to accept the need for full
employment and a Welfare State , but this left the class system largely untouched
, in some ways protected it ; and certainly it did not take , 22 Introduction.
In a sense it was revolutionary for both parties to accept the need for full
employment and a Welfare State , but this left the class system largely untouched
, in some ways protected it ; and certainly it did not take , 22 Introduction.
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Public education in England has been meanly starved of money , but it has
nevertheless improved , largely owing to the devoted efforts of the teachers , and
the habit of reading has become enormously more widespread . To an increasing
...
Public education in England has been meanly starved of money , but it has
nevertheless improved , largely owing to the devoted efforts of the teachers , and
the habit of reading has become enormously more widespread . To an increasing
...
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User Review - the.ken.petersen - LibraryThingIt seems harsh to criticise George Orwell's optimism when he implies that socialism has become inevitable: he was writing in 1941, I thought so in 1980. Sadly, Ronald Reagan, Margaret Thatcher and ... Read full review
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Lion and the Unicorn: Socialism and the English Genius A Penguin book : Polit. science Volume 6327 of Penguin Books Penguin twentieth-century classics |
| Author | George Orwell |
| Editor | Bernard R. Crick |
| Contributor | Bernard R. Crick |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Penguin Books, 1982 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 7 Sep 2010 |
| ISBN | 0140063277, 9780140063271 |
| Length | 123 pages |
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