The British Establishment and the Aristocracy
Dany Cohn-Bendit: “Mr. Earl – why can’t you understand that the time of the Earls are over – they are not the solution of the democracy – can’t you understand this? That we are in a time – when we are in a time that, in thirty years, none of the European nation states – neither Great Britain, neither Germany, will be part of the G8.
Earl – why can’t you understand that the time of the Earls are over – they are not the solution of the democracy. … This is a time over – you can write poems about it and be sad about it – I understand that an Earl is sad about it, but it’s the cruel reality of the modern world.
Can’t you, Mr. Earl understand the modern world?”
No, he can’t, Dany – he is a member of the British Establishment and a UKIP MEP. That combination and the modern world just don’t go together. But their days are over – the only question is just how much damage they can do before they fade away.
With my thanks to my friend Troels of Denmark!
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Excellent find Peter. And what will Dany say when he hears Cameron is going to celebrate 1914 whilst the Nobel Peace prize has just been won by the EEC for maintaining peace since 1945? As my Grandad died on the Somme the day my mother was born I know whose side I am on!
ReplyDeletePS Farage already going ballistic!
My Danish contact and friend Troels found it, Alex, and with his unerring eye for what is relevant to Scots, sent it to me.
ReplyDeleteMy two uncles fought in the Great War - both survived the war, but died prematurely because of injury sustained (gas).
The only one I knew, my uncle Peter, had an utter contempt for the British officer class, although he recognised a kind a naive bravery - a nobless oblige - among the young ones who died with their men.
He would never talk about the his experiences, and viewed the outbreak of WW2 with utter horror. As for Britishness - don't ask ...
regards,
Peter