These are the British

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Drew Middleton. These are the British

These are the British

Table of Contents

FOREWORD

I. Britain Today

II. The Monarchy

III. How the British Govern Themselves

IV. The Conservatives

V. The Labor Party

VI. A Quiet Revolution by a Quiet People

VII. A Society in Motion

VIII. The British and the World

IX. The Atlantic Alliance

X. The British Economy and Its Problems

XI. The British Character and Some Influences

XII. Britain and the Future

INDEX

A NOTE ON THE TYPE

A NOTE ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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Drew Middleton

Published by Good Press, 2021

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The leaders of the present Conservative government recognize the country's situation; so do the Labor Party and the Trades Union Congress, although each has its own interpretation of the causes. But there is still an unwillingness or an inability on the part of the general public to grasp the realities of the situation.

Yet such a grasp is essential. The people of Britain must adjust themselves to a condition of permanent economic pressure if they are to meet the economic challenge of the times. Such an adjustment will involve re-creation of the sort of national unity which produced the miracles of 1940. Otherwise, John Bull, better paid, better housed, and with more money (which has less value) than ever before, can follow the road to inflation which led to disaster in Germany and France in the thirties.

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