[HN Gopher] The Malign Incompetence of the British Ruling Class
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       The Malign Incompetence of the British Ruling Class
        
       Author : hermitcrab
       Score  : 8 points
       Date   : 2021-01-02 21:49 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.nytimes.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.nytimes.com)
        
       | Normille wrote:
       | Article is from Jan 2019 so very OBE --not least of which are UK
       | has a new Prime Minister and Brexit has [finally!] happened.
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       | Might have been helpful for the original poster add the date!
        
       | robocat wrote:
       | Is the NYT bashing the British?
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       | Is it a pattern just to give the impression that the US is doing
       | better because the brits are scoring some own goals?
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       | https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-new-york-times-s-uk-...
       | (Yes, I know The Spectator is strongly biased, but do they have a
       | point?)
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       | Sorry, it is a political question which isn't hn's jam ...but the
       | linked article just seems egregiously bashing to me.
        
         | rendall wrote:
         | It's an opinion piece, so, no, not the NYT per se.
         | 
         | In my opinion, it's not anti-British, but anti British upper-
         | class
        
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