“Arguing with anonymous strangers on the Internet is a sucker's game because they almost always turn out to be—or to be indistinguishable from—self-righteous sixteen-year-olds possessing infinite amounts of free time.”
― Cryptonomicon
― Cryptonomicon
“increasingly middle-class make up of Labour’s traditional heartlands:”
― Broken Heartlands: A Journey Through Labour's Lost England
― Broken Heartlands: A Journey Through Labour's Lost England
“One of the key things when you look at the PM, he makes difficult decisions. He has always been very clear in standing up for his convictions”
― Broken Heartlands: A Journey Through Labour's Lost England
― Broken Heartlands: A Journey Through Labour's Lost England
“Little I had seen on the first stop challenged my scepticism about just how much New Labour had actually done for its northern heartlands, although the successful remodelling of the Port of Blyth is a clear boon. The schools may have been improved and the housing stock better, but it did little to revive a town that gradually lost its purpose.”
― Broken Heartlands: A Journey Through Labour's Lost England
― Broken Heartlands: A Journey Through Labour's Lost England
“much of northern England is inherently Eurosceptic”
― Broken Heartlands: A Journey Through Labour's Lost England
― Broken Heartlands: A Journey Through Labour's Lost England
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