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The New Chauvinism

I don't hate Britain, and I am not ashamed of my nationality, but I have no idea why I should love this country more than any other. There are some things I like about it and some things I don't, and the same goes for everywhere else I've visited.

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The New Chauvinism
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References:

1. Eg Richard Littlejohn, 26th July 2005. Patriotism. The Sun.

2. Jonathan Freedland, 3rd August 2005. The Identity Vacuum. The Guardian.

3. Tristram Hunt, 1st August 2005. Why Britain is Great. The New Statesman.

4. He uses this phrase in both My Country Left or Right (1940) and The Lion and the Unicorn (1940). Both published in George Orwell, 1968. Essays. Penguin, London.

5. George Orwell, 1940. The Lion and the Unicorn. ibid.

6. Leader, 27th July 2005. Ten core values of the British identity. TheTelegraph.

7. You can read the transcript of Miller’s speech here.

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