The Full English Quotes

“We could be great again!’ Now of course I want her and her son and quiet husband to prosper. I want them to be happy. But when I hear talk like this, my heart sinks. What is this illusion, this phantasm of greatness these people chase? Is it the one where we trampled on the lives and rights of people all over the world and exploited them to death? Why do we yearn for some imagined greatness when right now England can’t feed its kids, heal its sick or run its trains? How about forgetting about being great? How about being happy? How about being competent? How about being sane?”
― Stuart Maconie, The Full English: A Journey in Search of a Country and its People