tony benn quotes a section from it in his history of socialist writing (or summat) 'Writing on the Wall'
its the bit where the kid is asked by the workhouse schoolteacher if britain is a rich country (after the school teacher has listed the countries etc that the british empire has colonised & the richers they contain)
i dont know, replies sadi lad.
dont know, says teach, why the hell not (okay im paraphrasing here obviously)
because it all depends WHO has all the money says child, who promptly gets a good beating, cheeky little scamp
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