Julie Burchill Julie Burchill

Is self-loathing the British disease?

It takes a refugee from Russia such as Konstantin Kisin to appreciate the open, tolerant life in the West

Emma Thompson, patron of the Refugee Council, has described the UK as ‘a cake-filled, misery-laden, grey old island’. [Alamy] 
issue 30 July 2022

Whatever one thinks of the government’s plans to send refugees to Rwanda, it was amusing to see this country’s left suddenly finding all sorts of reasons why only the UK – ‘a cake-filled, misery-laden, grey old island’ according to Emma Thompson, patron of the Refugee Council – would do as a final destination for these poor people.

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