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Pride in Britain? Nigel Farage's attack on education exposes his agenda

Pride in Britain? Nigel Farage's attack on education exposes his agenda

As a YouGov poll showed only four in 10 young people are proud of their country, the Reform leader has attempted to blame the education system - in a mark of authoritarian regimes

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A shock poll—if you can truly be shocked by something glaringly obvious and entirely predictable—made headlines yesterday: only four in ten young Britons say they are proud of their country.

The Times/YouGov study found that just 41 per cent of 18-27-year-olds feel pride in being British—less than half the figure recorded…

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