Keep Calm And Listen (Paperback)
James Thornfield
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Add to basketPaperback. What if everything you believe about Britain is wrong?After twenty years in this country, I've written the book Britain needs but doesn't want to read. Keep Calm And Listen dismantles the comfortable myths preventing Britain from seeing itself clearly.Using hard data and international comparisons, this book exposes how a nation convinced of its own exceptionalism has become trapped in decline disguised as tradition. From football mythology that turns sporting failure into domestic violence, to NHS worship that excuses healthcare outcomes worse than developing nations, Britain has constructed an elaborate system of self-deception.Each chapter takes a sacred British belief and confronts it with uncomfortable evidence. The "special relationship" that exists only in British imagination. Innovation leadership that ranks 19th globally. Housing markets that have become speculation casinos. Even "Rule Britannia" exposes contradictions at Britain's heart.This isn't academic analysis. This is an intervention designed to shock Britain out of complacency. The data is devastating, the conclusions inescapable.The mirror is here. Whether Britain chooses to look is up to Britain itself. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
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After twenty years in this country, I've written the book Britain needs but doesn't want to read. Keep Calm And Listen dismantles the comfortable myths preventing Britain from seeing itself clearly.
Using hard data and international comparisons, this book exposes how a nation convinced of its own exceptionalism has become trapped in decline disguised as tradition. From football mythology that turns sporting failure into domestic violence, to NHS worship that excuses healthcare outcomes worse than developing nations, Britain has constructed an elaborate system of self-deception.
Each chapter takes a sacred British belief and confronts it with uncomfortable evidence. The "special relationship" that exists only in British imagination. Innovation leadership that ranks 19th globally. Housing markets that have become speculation casinos. Even "Rule Britannia" exposes contradictions at Britain's heart.
This isn't academic analysis. This is an intervention designed to shock Britain out of complacency. The data is devastating, the conclusions inescapable.
The mirror is here. Whether Britain chooses to look is up to Britain itself.
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