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... middle class . One was the military and imperialist middle class , generally nick- named the Blimps , and the other the left- wing intelligentsia . These two seemingly hostile types , symbolic opposites - the half- pay colonel with his ...
... middle class . One was the military and imperialist middle class , generally nick- named the Blimps , and the other the left- wing intelligentsia . These two seemingly hostile types , symbolic opposites - the half- pay colonel with his ...
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... middle class and not to wipe it out as it once seemed likely to do . But much more important than this is the spread of middle - class ideas and habits among the working class . The British working class are now better off in almost all ...
... middle class and not to wipe it out as it once seemed likely to do . But much more important than this is the spread of middle - class ideas and habits among the working class . The British working class are now better off in almost all ...
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... middle class , gravitated towards the movement . A Socialist Party which genuinely wished to achieve anything would have started by facing several facts which to this day are considered unmentionable in left - wing circles . It would ...
... middle class , gravitated towards the movement . A Socialist Party which genuinely wished to achieve anything would have started by facing several facts which to this day are considered unmentionable in left - wing circles . It would ...
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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