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The Plastic Patriots’
Love Affair with Russia
Why do so many on the British far-right profess to worship Winston Churchill butmake excuses for Vladimir Putin? By James Bloodworth
There is something deeply strange about the British far-right’s version of patriotism.
It’s adherents drape themselves in the Union flag and talk endlessly about sacrifice, sovereignty, and standing firm against foreign threats. Their social media profiles are decorated with poppies, Spitfires, and Churchill quotes.
Taking their rhetoric at face value, you would think they were ready to put their lives on the line for their country at a moment’s notice, like some modern incarnation of Dad’s Army.
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