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Page 79
... major war . England might well be invaded and conquered , but the invasion would be a dangerous gamble , and if it happened and failed it would probably leave us more united and less Blimp - ridden than before . Moreover , if England ...
... major war . England might well be invaded and conquered , but the invasion would be a dangerous gamble , and if it happened and failed it would probably leave us more united and less Blimp - ridden than before . Moreover , if England ...
Page 88
... major change , because except in purely domestic matters it has never possessed a genuinely independent policy . It was and is primarily a party of the Trade Unions , devoted to raising wages and im- proving working conditions . This ...
... major change , because except in purely domestic matters it has never possessed a genuinely independent policy . It was and is primarily a party of the Trade Unions , devoted to raising wages and im- proving working conditions . This ...
Page 94
... major change to happen . The Labour leaders wanted to go on and on , drawing their salaries and periodically swapping jobs with the Con- servatives . The Communists wanted to go on and on , suffering a comfortable martyr- dom , meeting ...
... major change to happen . The Labour leaders wanted to go on and on , drawing their salaries and periodically swapping jobs with the Con- servatives . The Communists wanted to go on and on , suffering a comfortable martyr- dom , meeting ...
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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