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Ian Dunt

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
789 total appearances

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The decline of modern Britain โ€” where did it all go so wrong?

And at the time, UKIP, which is the predecessor party of the Brexit Party, which is the predecessor party of reform.

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The decline of modern Britain โ€” where did it all go so wrong?

These parties change name, but they're always Nigel Farage's party.

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The decline of modern Britain โ€” where did it all go so wrong?

That is what they are.

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The decline of modern Britain โ€” where did it all go so wrong?

Was posing a threat to the Conservative Party on its right flank, on immigration, on Europe and all the things that he loved talking about at the time.

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The decline of modern Britain โ€” where did it all go so wrong?

And so David Cameron facing local elections, which no one can even remember anymore.

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The decline of modern Britain โ€” where did it all go so wrong?

tried to cover his right flank by saying, you know what, fine, I'll offer โ€“ I'll promise a referendum on Europe.

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The decline of modern Britain โ€” where did it all go so wrong?

And that's the promise that he made.

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The decline of modern Britain โ€” where did it all go so wrong?

He probably gave it about 45 minutes, thought he was extreme โ€“

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The decline of modern Britain โ€” where did it all go so wrong?

absolutely no sense he'd be affected by the consequences of any of the decisions that he made.

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The decline of modern Britain โ€” where did it all go so wrong?

He went to Eton, I think, didn't he?

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The decline of modern Britain โ€” where did it all go so wrong?

Exactly.

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The decline of modern Britain โ€” where did it all go so wrong?

The difference between private and public in the UK is essentially a cultural distinction.

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The decline of modern Britain โ€” where did it all go so wrong?

Private schools are schools that you pay for, but they look very much like a normal school.

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The decline of modern Britain โ€” where did it all go so wrong?

Public schools are their own kind of internal, cultural, intellectual and emotionally abusive ecosystem.

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The decline of modern Britain โ€” where did it all go so wrong?

So, for instance, Eton will have its own games, like its own sports.

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The decline of modern Britain โ€” where did it all go so wrong?

I mean, just kind of, but it doesn't really play the sports that other people play.

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The decline of modern Britain โ€” where did it all go so wrong?

It doesn't really play rugby and football and cricket and all of that.

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The decline of modern Britain โ€” where did it all go so wrong?

It plays the sports that it has itself invented.

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The decline of modern Britain โ€” where did it all go so wrong?

It will have its own words, its own lingo, its own slang, and its own very specific ways of brutalising the next generation of British wealthy children.

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The decline of modern Britain โ€” where did it all go so wrong?

Yes.