Contents

Preface: The Importance of Not Being Earnest

Introduction

1.The Pleasures of Self-Pity

2.SS-GB: Life in Occupied England

3.The Triumph of the Light Brigade

4.A Pint of Beer, a Packet of Prawn Cocktail Flavour Crisps and Two Ounces of Dog Shit, Please

5.Sadopopulism

6.The Twilight of the Gods: English Dreamtime

7.The Sore Tooth and the Broken Umbrella

8.Postscript: A Special Place in Hell

Notes