Comments on: A Good Look at ‘Modern Britain’

By: Keir

Keir — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 04:25:25 +0000

Brilliant! I shall have to read this out to my class when we get back from Chinese New Year.
And all this time I was so focussed on the neo-NKVD hitmen killing people on Britain’s streets and closing its cultural associations attached to the embassy within Russia to notice.

By: american fez

american fez — Sat, 10 Feb 2007 21:10:45 +0000

Well, he could always get a job as a CCTV operator, apparently very much in demand at the moment. As a matter of fact, I donated a copy of his book to the Boston Public Library, although I have seen it in the stacks.

By: Andrew Cusack

Andrew Cusack — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 16:47:49 +0000

A man’s gotta eat… Better a Daily Mail column than no column at all.

By: american fez

american fez — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 14:32:28 +0000

Since neither the Russian journalist nor his employer are cited in the quoted “piece,” can we assume the anonymous author is none other than Pytor Hitchenovsky? Frankly, I have always wondered why Peter Hitchens, if he is so concerned with the state of modern Britain, continues to write for one of its most illiterate newspapers.

By: kd

kd — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 02:02:20 +0000

I’ve been meaning to read it.

By: CAWP

CAWP — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 23:17:49 +0000

Oh golly, you should read the original – strikingly more worrying and affecting.

By: kd

kd — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 14:29:59 +0000

Deeply disturbing look at contemporary Britain from a Russian journalist’s point of view. Having recently seen “Children of Men” (based on the novel by P.D. James), I find it disturbing the degree to which it echoes the horrific state of Britain circa 20027 as portrayed in the film.