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October 8, 2012

Tories Just Aren't Patrician Enough

Geoffrey Wheatcroft, The Guardian

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Self-conscious and lacking in confidence, the Conservative party has forgotten the redeeming virtues of the old aristocracy.

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TAGGED: tories, David Cameron, UK

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