50 People Who Buggered Up Britain Quentin Letts,
Publisher: Constable
ISBN: 1849011273
Edition: Paperback; 2009-09-10
Summary:
Which fifty people made Britain the wreck she is? From ludicrous
propagandist Alastair Campbell to the Luftwaffe's allies, the
modernist architects, it's time to name the guilty. Quentin Letts
sharpens his nib and stabs them where they deserve it, from TV
gardener Alan Titchmarsh, the dumbed-down buffoon who put the 'h' in
Aspidistra, to the perpetrators of the 'Credit Crunch'. Margaret
Thatcher ruptured our national unity. The creators of "EastEnders"
trashed our brand over high tea. Thus, he argues, are the people who
made our country the ugly, scheming, cheating, beer-ridden bum of the
Western world. Here are the fools and knaves and vulgarians who
ripped down our British glories and imposed the tawdry and the trite.
In a half century we have gone from end-of-Empire to
descent-into-Hell.
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