[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.
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| In my opinion, it's not anti-British, but anti British upper-
| class
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