THERE has been much talk in recent years about a “culture war” in Britain, allegedly fought between two political and social factions: metropolitan liberals versus small town conservatives – people who supposedly have radically different views on immigration, our imperial past, and identity issues.
Britain is infatuated with American politics – hooked by the adoration, and the mass delirium, that is witnessed during US elections – and our domestic “culture war” has largely been imported across the Atlantic. The jousting seen between the Democrats and the Republicans – between Fox News and CNN – has been ripped off by those who profit from contrived conflict and has been awkwardly applied to British society.
