http://www.opentoengland.org/2008/01/24/147/ The English Appeal, Language and Culture Blog Wed, 08 Oct 2008 08:36:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 http://www.opentoengland.org/2008/01/24/147/#comment-141 Sephe Tue, 18 Mar 2008 23:04:27 +0000 http://www.opentoengland.org/2008/01/24/147/#comment-141 There's lots of good stuff about Britain, just not TV anymore. There's lots of bad stuff too - rising bills, Orwellian surveillance, high taxes and long working hours. No wonder we want to retreat into escapist activities! There’s lots of good stuff about Britain, just not TV anymore. There’s lots of bad stuff too - rising bills, Orwellian surveillance, high taxes and long working hours. No wonder we want to retreat into escapist activities!

]]> http://www.opentoengland.org/2008/01/24/147/#comment-137 always travelling Sun, 02 Mar 2008 13:20:20 +0000 http://www.opentoengland.org/2008/01/24/147/#comment-137 You seem racked with post-colonial guilt. Well, here's a superficial take on things to lift your spirits. Had England not invaded Australia, all but killed off it's indigenous folk in a rabid soiree of institutionalised genocide and set up a quaint little rat-infested colony, my folks may never have been drawn out there from the Motherland. Which means, God save me, I would never have been born and Aussie but instead - a Brit. So thank you, England. That's one to you. You seem racked with post-colonial guilt. Well, here’s a superficial take on things to lift your spirits. Had England not invaded Australia, all but killed off it’s indigenous folk in a rabid soiree of institutionalised genocide and set up a quaint little rat-infested colony, my folks may never have been drawn out there from the Motherland. Which means, God save me, I would never have been born and Aussie but instead - a Brit. So thank you, England. That’s one to you.

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