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Since his death in 1950, George Orwell has been canonised as England's foremost political writer, and the standard-bearer of honesty and decency for the honourable 'Left'. In this controversial polemic, Scott Lucas argues that the exaltation of Orwell, far from upholding dissent against the State, has sought to quash such opposition. Indeed, Orwell has become the icon of those who, in the pose of the contrarian, try to silence public opposition to US and U K foreign policy in the 'War on Terror'. Lucas's lively and readable critique of public intellectuals including Christopher Hitchens, Michael Walzer, David Aaronovitch, and Johann Hari - who have all invoked Orwellian honesty and decency to shut down dissent - will appeal to anyone disillusioned with the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Lucas contends that these leading journalists and commentators have used Orwell to justify their own political transition from radicals to upholders of the establishment. All of them play influential roles in supporting the UK and US governments' charge that opponents of war -- and those who question the motives behind American foreign policy and its implementation -- should be condemned as 'appeasers of mass murder'. This controversial book shows how Orwell has been used since 9/11 to justify, in the guise of independent thought, the suppression of dissent. We must rescue ourselves from Orwell and from those who take on his guise so, as Lucas puts it, our 'silencing is ... vital to a "manufacture of consent" for the wars which are supposedly being fought in our name and for our good'

A memorial of suche princes: creation and contexts -- The consolation of tragedy: "Edmund Duke of Somerset," "Humfrey Duke of Gloucester," and the fall of the "Good Duke" of Somerset -- "Syr Thomas of Wudstocke" and the "unfortunate" death of Edward Seymour, Duke of Somerset -- A memorial of suche Princes and the loss of Imperial England -- Royal power and the abuse of the law in A memorial of suche Princes -- The seconde parte of the Mirrour for magistrates and the future of political literature in Elizabeth's reign -- Conclusion: The Mirror and its legacy -- Appendix: The growth and development of William Baldwin's A mirror for magistrates

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Almost six years after the Brexit referendum, a negligent and corrupted UK Government, desperately clinging to power, breaks international law not once but twice in a single day.

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There is the reality of Brexit. There is the fantasy of Brexit. And then there is the paralysis of Brexit with a paralysed UK Government.

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