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Even among the inner clique of politicians who brought us to our present pass , it is doubtful whether there were any conscious traitors . The corruption that happens in England is seldom of that kind . Nearly always it is more in the ...
Even among the inner clique of politicians who brought us to our present pass , it is doubtful whether there were any conscious traitors . The corruption that happens in England is seldom of that kind . Nearly always it is more in the ...
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It is of course quite hopeless to expect the present government to pledge itself to any policy that implies turning this war into a revolutionary war . It is at best a government of compromise , with Churchill riding two horses like a ...
It is of course quite hopeless to expect the present government to pledge itself to any policy that implies turning this war into a revolutionary war . It is at best a government of compromise , with Churchill riding two horses like a ...
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They are in the fields and the streets , in the factories and the armed forces , in the four - ale bar and the suburban back garden ; and at present they are still kept under by a generation of ghosts . Compared with the task of ...
They are in the fields and the streets , in the factories and the armed forces , in the four - ale bar and the suburban back garden ; and at present they are still kept under by a generation of ghosts . Compared with the task of ...
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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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| Title | The Lion and the Unicorn: Socialism and the English Genius Issue 1 of Searchlight books |
| Author | George Orwell |
| Publisher | Secker & Warburg, 1941 |
| Length | 126 pages |
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