England still sick
Submitted by Toque on Sun, 07/20/2008 - 02:22
In 1949 William Haley wrote the following:
England is sick; sick of a wasting fever; with deep political roots. Nothing can be done sraightforwardly; committees confer endlessly; the individual who wants to do anything is swamped in a sea of formalities, forms and other papers. The press is trivial, mean-spirited; Parliament is just a lot of Party hacks; government endlessly consults the Trades Union Congress before it makes up its mind.
How depressing that the only change in sixty years is a drift from trades unions to focus groups.
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"The press is trivial,
"The press is trivial, mean-spirited" and stupid. How is it that the blogosphere full of people with day jobs are better reporters of the days events than the professionals.? I despair for investigative
journalists, where are they?
Not as catchy as "Rock Around
Not as catchy as "Rock Around The Clock".