A nice piece (as per usual) from Monbiot. Thought I'd mention it, because I particularly liked this paragraph:
The allegiance which most enthusiasts ask us to demonstrate is a selective one. The rightwing press, owned by the grandson of a Nazi sympathiser, a pair of tax exiles and an Australian with American citizenship, is fiercely nationalistic when defending our institutions from Europe, but seeks to surrender the lot of us to the US. It loves the Cotswolds and hates Wales. It loves gaunt, aristocratic women and second homes, and hates oiks, gypsies, council estates and caravan parks.
http://www.monbiot.com/archives/2005/08/09/the-new-chauvinism/
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