Why Do Working Class People Love Their Country More?

Working-class people remain unashamedly patriotic. Middle-class elites, however, embrace what Roger Scruton called the culture of repudiation — hostility to country, history, and tradition. Anecdotes from London bookshops to mass demonstrations reveal the depth of this self-denigration. The antidote is to march proudly, to display patriotism, and to reclaim England’s honour.