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Nels Abbey

If you have been listening to Suella Braverman and think Britain has gone bonkers, let me explain

Nigel Farage and Suella Braverman campaigning in Waterlooville, Hampshire, 1 May 2026.
Nigel Farage and Suella Braverman campaigning in Waterlooville, Hampshire, 1 May 2026. Photograph: Andrew Matthews/PA

Dearest World,

Britain, that small yet once highly influential nation that once proudly ruled over much of you, that “gifted” you the English language as well as William Shakespeare and Mark Morrison, that kindly bestowed upon you industrialisation as well as industrialised slavery, the proud nation that won two world wars and created football … I’m afraid to reveal, is not what it used to be.

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