Pride or shame? British history is too complex to be seen in such glib terms

A new survey of social attitudes reveals a healthy scepticism about our past 'Britain's long and proud history has been trashed by the self-hating left." "British history is not being taught and people are hugely ignorant of our past." "We have lost that sense of what was at stake, with a consequent decline of pride in the sacrifices endured." "Generations are growing up hearing nothing but bad things about their country." The latest chapter from this year's British Social Attitudes (BSA) report...