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... British ruling class obviously could not admit to themselves that their usefulness was at an end . Had they done that they would have had to abdicate . For it was not possible for them to turn themselves into mere bandits , like the ...
... British ruling class obviously could not admit to themselves that their usefulness was at an end . Had they done that they would have had to abdicate . For it was not possible for them to turn themselves into mere bandits , like the ...
Page 40
... ruling - class orbit . It must be admitted that so long as things were peaceful the methods of the British ruling class served them well enough . Their own people manifestly tolerated them . How- ever unjustly England might be organized ...
... ruling - class orbit . It must be admitted that so long as things were peaceful the methods of the British ruling class served them well enough . Their own people manifestly tolerated them . How- ever unjustly England might be organized ...
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... class might seem less pleasant to him . There is reason to think that even military espionage is hope- lessly hampered by ignorance of the new economic doctrines and the ramifications of the underground parties . The British ruling class ...
... class might seem less pleasant to him . There is reason to think that even military espionage is hope- lessly hampered by ignorance of the new economic doctrines and the ramifications of the underground parties . The British ruling class ...
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army Blimps bombing planes Britain British ruling class BURMESE DAYS capitalism capitalist Chamberlain civilization coloured common Communists conquered culture CYRIL CONNOLLY danger defeat democracy destroyed disaster enemy England English Genius English Socialist Europe European exist face fact Fascism feel fighting foreign GEORGE ORWELL German gloomy Sundays grasp happen Hitler HOMAGE TO CATALONIA human hypocrisy idea imperial incomes India industry intellectuals intelligentsia Italians kind Labour Party left-wing less living London Martin Secker mean ment MICHAEL FOOT middle class military million modern monied class morale nation Nazi never numbers officers outlook ownership pacifist past patriotism peace political privilege pro-Fascist programme public schools revolution revolutionary rich Rolls-Royce car Russians SEARCHLIGHT BOOK SEBASTIAN HAFFNER simply slums snigger Socialist movement society Spanish Spanish civil war surrender T. C. WORSLEY tion totalitarianism treacherous true turn UNICORN Socialism whole workers