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Bog-Standard Britain: How Mediocrity Ruined This Great Nation |  | Author: Quentin Letts
Publisher: Constable
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Rating:  8 reviews
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Media: Hardcover
Pages: 240
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Dimensions (in): 7.8 x 5.7 x 1.1
ISBN: 1849011206
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Publication Date: October 29, 2009
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No one would attack equality, would they? This book shows how equality's been defiled by ethnic-grievance gangs and harpies of feminist orthodoxy, by risk-averse jackboots of town-hall bureaucracy with quotas and creeds.
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 8
 Dumbed-down Britain July 19, 2010
Tallulah
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is an excellent read. Quentin Letts has a very funny
and quirky take on life who says what we are all thinking.
A good way to de-stress at the end of the day.
 Predictable and partisan July 12, 2010
El Loro (London, England)
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
Quentin Letts, a Daily Mail vents his predictable spleen at predictable targets, albeit in an eloquent way.
Don't expect any measured reflection or consideration. Letts is preaching to the gallery and will give people what they want: something to justify the vague anger they feel towards the modern world.
If you're a Daily Mail reader, you'll love this and Quentin Letts will laugh all the way to the bank. If you're not, avoid!
Usual letts - frank and quirky February 13, 2010
G. H (Wiltshire, UK)
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
Some brutally honest observations with which no one I know would disagree!
Chapters make for bite-sized reads.
Usual Letts-esque wit, frankness and unerring accuracy.
Why isn't he Prime Minister?!
 Not as good as "50 People Who Buggered Up Britian" January 17, 2010
A. Crabtree (London, GB)
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
Rather disappointing - Letts off form.
Similar to 50 People Who Buggered Up Britain, but without such individual targets, and less accurate. Has the author grown careless or success gone to his head? There is still plenty of clever invective, but too much that seems ordinary or nasty. There are too many metaphors and too many fail (for example good manners being like the bones of a trout, preventing it from turning into squelch, plus other rather forced comparisons.)
Much of the invective could only preach to the converted. A reference to Nevil Shute's novel about an invasion of England discusses the Englishmen's continuing to address each other by their surnames. The codes of politeness the British used (and discarded) are subtle, their purpose was subtle; you cannot just cite them and say we have declined. It's right to complain about being addressed as "mate" though. I sacked an estate agent partly for that, though like Letts, I have to grin and bear it everywhere else I turn.
This book is amusing, but it should either be thought-provoking by making you realise how and why the various awfulnesses described have happened, or else actually explain them (amusingly above all.) Thus I think Letts has deployed his furious skills too easily and carelessly.
"50 People" is far better. It is funnier, and by attaching each of its rages to Britons that embody their cause, it is more revealing and more accurate. That said, there is still a fair bit of really decent stuff in here - a paean to Hyacinth Bucket amongst plenty of others, so please don't let me put you off if you fancy these articulate rants.
Nevertheless if you haven't read "50 People" then I urge you to read that; then you'll need to thirst a bit to need to read "Bog Standard" too.
Exit Labour in 2010 December 12, 2009
S. Ahmad (Surrey, UK)
15 out of 19 found this review helpful
All governments need to be thrown out after 10-12 years because they get arrogant, corrupt and out of touch with the electorate. All governments do some good things and some bad things. Labour has, er, banned smoking in pubs and restaurants which on the whole is beneficial; the rest of its legacy to the country is covered in this book which is excellent and hits the nail right on the head. Quentin Letts gives no quarter as he denounces the decline of this country and details how Labour has introduced its' 'loony left, 21st century style' ideas under the guise of 'new Labour' Aided and abetted by EU regulations and influenced by idiotic ideas of political correctness from America, Britain has lost its' traditions, its culture and its values. Every aspect of life is now controlled and regulated by government decree (overseen and implemented by an army of bureaucrats in the public services) and our natural instincts such as intuition, empathy, initiative and common sense have been replaced by a warped, artificial and unnatural dogma. The pursuit of excellence? Moral and spiritual values? Sorry, these are alien concepts to this government. Be warned, if, like me you remember a a better Britain in the past, reading this book might drive you apoplectic with rage at what we have lost - or at the very least you may want to have a glass of brandy to hand.
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