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... enemy it closes its ranks . A family with the wrong members in control - that , perhaps , is as near as one can come to describing England in a phrase . iv Probably the battle of Waterloo was won on the playing - fields of Eton , but ...
... enemy it closes its ranks . A family with the wrong members in control - that , perhaps , is as near as one can come to describing England in a phrase . iv Probably the battle of Waterloo was won on the playing - fields of Eton , but ...
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... enemies . Once in power , the same dilemma would always have faced it : carry out your promises , and risk revolt , or continue with the same policy as the Conservatives , and stop talking about Socialism . The Labour leaders never ...
... enemies . Once in power , the same dilemma would always have faced it : carry out your promises , and risk revolt , or continue with the same policy as the Conservatives , and stop talking about Socialism . The Labour leaders never ...
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... enemy . For there is no such thing as neutrality in war ; in practice one must help one side or the other . When the pinch comes , no one bred in the Western tradition can accept the Fascist vision of life . It is important to realize ...
... enemy . For there is no such thing as neutrality in war ; in practice one must help one side or the other . When the pinch comes , no one bred in the Western tradition can accept the Fascist vision of life . It is important to realize ...
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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