Your country needs YOU to be a critical friend.
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From medieval thinkers to James Baldwin, loving one’s country has never meant you can’t be critical of it too.
In happier times: Stanley Baldwin (r) in August 1923, months before the December election.
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When Stanley Baldwin called an election in December 1923, the outcome was unintended, unexpected and enduring.
A George V sovereign.
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The British government is trying to unblock £400m donated in 1927 by an anonymous donor who wanted it to help pay off the national war debt.