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“But even its supporters know it created dislocation for certain industries.”
― Sebastian Payne, Broken Heartlands: A Journey Through Labour's Lost England

“The difference it made to the psyche of the English working-class voter was remarkable. Suddenly, when England were playing football, on the housing estates of Newcastle, the crosses of St George were hanging out of bedroom windows.’ With devolution, Farage argued Blair had fostered a sense that ‘we should almost be ashamed to be English’.”
― Sebastian Payne, Broken Heartlands: A Journey Through Labour's Lost England

“His story from there is a classic Conservative tale of entrepreneurship: on top of the weekly dole money, he was given additional funding attend a course to form a business plan. After beginning with a £40 a week grant for the first year of his business, his electrical company has celebrated twenty-six years of business.”
― Sebastian Payne, Broken Heartlands: A Journey Through Labour's Lost England

“Anyone growing up in northern England who has attended a christening or child’s birthday party would feel at home.”
― Sebastian Payne, Broken Heartlands: A Journey Through Labour's Lost England