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progress and their chances of making it home
safely. He asked them to leave him behind but
they refused. So, one night, Captain Oates left
his tent and deliberately walked to his death in
order to save his companions. It was a very
British act.
However, all this is now changing. Britain is
losing touch with its traditional values. This is
not because of immigrants or Islamic
fundamentalists or any other “foreign”
influence. It is because of the behaviour of
certain people born in this country – the Little
Englanders, the die-hard Brexiteers, UKIP, the
Scottish nationalists, the Daily Mail and other
so-called patriots who are dividing Britain
with their propaganda, their intolerance and
their poisonous rhetoric. Though they claim to