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...year-old Ferguson is a preeminent professor of political and financial history at Jesus College, Oxford University. He is the author of five works on international affairs and business, including The Pity of War, a widely acclaimed study of Britain??s role in World...
Could there have been a more fitting sponsor for the event than Imperial Leather soap? Britain??s famous sense of irony must have gone AWOL the night that the sponsorship deal was signed...
...these “games” said more about Britain??s perilous future than they did about her inglorious past. Australia, the former penal colony, topped the medal table. Like their criminal ancestors, the Aussies outgunned the weak natives. This time, gold medals awaited them instead of exile. Although it is doubtful whether anyone would have protested too vigorously if they had been ordered to leave grim and grimy Manchester...
...Britain??s sporting mediocrity would not be terribly interesting were it not for the population’s unshakable belief that it was still a major player in world athletics. Umpteen experts opined that there was a good possibility of Manchester getting the Olympics in 2012 on the back of the Commonwealth Games. Framingham stands a better chance...
...course, Britain??s ignorantly upbeat worldview stretches far beyond sports. For all of Tony Blair’s best efforts to contribute meaningfully to America’s war on terrorism, Britain is now less known as an international superpower than as the home of Austin Powers...