New Labour must find its way back to liberal England
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Where once there was mutual respect, there is now only antagonism
Martin Kettle
Tuesday March 22, 2005
The Guardian
By any definition, the memorial service for the writer Anthony Sampson,
which took place on a sunny morning last week, was a very English
event. It was held in the heart of England's capital city, in one of
England's most famous churches, within sight of England's most famous
monument, commemorating England's greatest hero. What could be more
English?
And what could be more English than the simple Anglican service in
which his life and writing were recalled. We began with a very English
hymn, He Who Would Valiant Be, with words by one of the essential
voices of English nonconformism. Then we listened to Janet Suzman read
a passage from Cymbeline, the work of the most astonishing of all
Englishmen. Later we stood again and sang the most English of songs -
the real national anthem - summoning up our arrows of desire and our
chariot of fire, pledging again an unceasing mental fight till we have
built Jerusalem in England's green and pleasant land.
Martin Kettle
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