Farage wants to tell England's story. He won't like it.
"I shall not weary you by repeating the tale of how public opinion has changed during those twenty-one years. But, as an example, I may recall the fact that in those days, and for many years thereafter, it was tenaciously upheld by the public authorities, here and elsewhere, that it was an offence against laws of nature and ruinous to the State for public authorities to provide food for starving children, or independent aid for the aged poor. Even safety regulations in mines and factories were taboo. They interfered with the ‘freedom of the individual’. As for such proposals as an eight-hour day, a minimum wage, the right to work, and municipal houses, any serious mention of such classed a man as a fool." --- Keir Hardie, April 1914 THE far-right often speak about our history as a whole treasure box of things that prove them right. It is no surprise that ahead of St George's Day, Nigel Farage has said he wants a curriculum in schools that instills a sense of pride in our ...