So, until we’ve solved our delusions of grandeur I propose that if we must allude to our glorious past we caveat it with: ‘We’re a great nation, we saved France in the Second World War. Of course we did fucking murder the Mau Mau like it was going out of fashion, so swings and roundabouts.’ Or, to be more exact: ‘We helped to defeat Hitler. Mind you we did sort of twat the fucking life out of indigenous peoples of the world for profit for centuries, test nuclear weapons in Australia, realise there was more radiation than expected but decide not to tell Australia nor the nearby aboriginals, and
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