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... Labour Exchanges , the rattle of pin - tables in the Soho pubs , the old maids biking to Holy Communion through the mists of the autumn mornings - all these are not only fragments , but characteristic fragments , of the English scene ...
... Labour Exchanges , the rattle of pin - tables in the Soho pubs , the old maids biking to Holy Communion through the mists of the autumn mornings - all these are not only fragments , but characteristic fragments , of the English scene ...
Page 89
... Labour Party repre- sented , depended indirectly on the sweating of Indian coolies . At the same time the Labour Party was a Socialist party , using Socialist phraseology , thinking in terms of an old - fashioned anti - imperialism and ...
... Labour Party repre- sented , depended indirectly on the sweating of Indian coolies . At the same time the Labour Party was a Socialist party , using Socialist phraseology , thinking in terms of an old - fashioned anti - imperialism and ...
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... Labour Party there existed several extremist parties , of whom the Communists were the strongest . The Com- munists had considerable influence in the Labour Party in the years 1920-6 and 1935-9 . Their chief importance , and that of the ...
... Labour Party there existed several extremist parties , of whom the Communists were the strongest . The Com- munists had considerable influence in the Labour Party in the years 1920-6 and 1935-9 . Their chief importance , and that of the ...
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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