Hill insists that the English have enormous reserves of creativity and industry, but fail to maximise them : "There is so much talent and promise locked up in this little island that failure to exploit it ranks as little less than a crime against humanity - both against the birthright of the English and against the right of foreigners to enjoy what the English could bring to life if only their system gave them the chance".

"Great Britain Little England", subtitled 'Who's fooling whom', ranges widely over revealing aspects of English life. Chapter headings include the nostalgia factor, privilege and patronage, the importance of being unaccountable, and fudge and humbug.

"It should be required reading, considering the isolationist attitudes which still too often persist among senior executives"

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