Whose national character is it anyway?
The zeitgeist is hard to diagnose – but it has a powerful historical force
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Tom McTague
Tom McTague is the Editor in Chief of the New Statesman and author of Between the Waves: The Hidden History of a Very British Revolution. Before journalism he worked in the village chip shop and thought he looked cool on the 50cc scooter his parents had bought him.
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