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Pathology of Britain
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1. Our Culture, What's Left of it: The Mandarins and the Masses by Theodore Dalrymple

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	"Luminous essays on the cultural decline of Britain. No one says it more incisively, wittily and clearly than TD."

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2. Life at the Bottom: The Worldview That Makes the Underclass by Theodore Dalrymple

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	"Dalrymple's De Profundis. This is the horrific truth about life at the bottom of British society today; a vivid portrait of the expanding underclass which will rise and engulf polite society."

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3. Fantasy Island by Larry Elliott

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	"If you have ever wondered how a country can have a continuously rising standard of living without producing anything any one wants to buy, here is the answer. It's a fantasy which will end very soon."

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4. The Death of Christian Britain: Understanding Secularisation 1800-2000 (Christianity and Society in the Modern World) by Callum G. Brown

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	"Describes, analyses and convincingly explains how and why Christianity, as a core cultural feature of British life, died in the late 20th century. R.I.P."

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5. Underclass +10 (Civil Society) by Charles Murray

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	"Charts the seemingly inexorable expansion of the underclass (as described by Dalrymple- vide supra) in Britain from 1990 to 2000."

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6. The Welfare State We're in by James Bartholomew

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	"Shows how the welfare state has caused tens of thousands of people to live deprived and even depraved lives, and has undermined the very decency and kindness which first inspired it."

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7. Time to Emigrate? by Robert Solent

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	"After reading this the answer has to be yes. But where to? Maybe just getting out of M25 land would be far enough."

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8. Londonistan: How Britain is Creating a Terror State within by Melanie Phillips

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	"Just note that this was published before the latest round of bomb attempts, by deranged doctors."

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9. The Abolition of Britain by Peter Hitchens

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	"A sad epitaph to what has happened to our once green and pleasant land."

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10. Who Runs This Place?: The Anatomy of Britain in the 21st Century by A Sampson

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	"Power in Britain is now centralised in a very few hands. The title of this list is inspired by Samson's 1962 classic 'Anatomy of Britain'. This posthumous volume is a fine update on the original."

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11. All Must Have Prizes by Melanie Phillips

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	"A trenchant 1996 polemic against the modern style of education and already a classic. This is why our young people have to do remedial maths before they can start university courses in science."

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12. A Land Fit for Criminals: An Insider's View of Crime, Punishment and Justice in the UK by David Fraser

The list author says:
	"Details what lies behind the rise in crime in the UK since the 1960's, leading to the current situation where Britain has been designated the most unsafe of Western countries."

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13. It's Your Time You're Wasting: A Teacher's Tales of Classroom Hell by Frank Chalk

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	"From the chalk face description of chaos in the classrooms of Britain's schools."

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14. Lost Victory: British Dreams, British Realities 1 by Correlli Barnett

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	"Critical analysis of the start of the long decline in Britain's industrial base in the post war period 1945-1950."

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Underclass +10 (Civil Society)

Time to Emigrate?

Londonistan: How Britain is Creating a Terror State within

The Abolition of Britain

Who Runs This Place?: The Anatomy of Britain in the 21st Century

All Must Have Prizes

A Land Fit for Criminals: An Insider's View of Crime, Punishment and Justice in the UK

Lost Victory: British Dreams, British Realities 1

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