History Literature / TheEnglishDragon

->''If you consider yourself to be one of the silent majority who are fed up with the way England is being sold down the pan, then this is the book for you. At last someone has had the courage to tell it the way it is - the BBC won't do it, the press won't do it, but Mr Bragg has. Well worth the cover price for his descriptions of modern urban life.''\\
-- '''[[http://www.amazon.co.uk/review/R3V3YREFW3C98I/ref=cm_cr_pr_perm?ie=UTF8&ASIN=1903313023&nodeID=&tag=&linkCode= An Amazon.co.uk customer]]'''

->''This book is for realists. All those who do not wish to see multicultural London, as it really is, will find that it challenges all they have been told to believe over the years and it warns all those who cosily believe they are immune from the malaise by virtue of their cocooned rural existence that they are not beyond its reach."''\\
-- '''[[http://www.amazon.co.uk/review/R1F6A3D4VT0CFJ/ref=cm_cr_pr_perm?ie=UTF8&ASIN=1903313023&nodeID=&tag=&linkCode= Another Amazon.co.uk customer]]'''

->''Oh fercryingoutloud.''\\
-- '''[[http://www.palimpsest.org.uk/forum/showpost.php?s=7f487ccbcddfd81bc8e8a57f05c68219&p=4179&postcount=8 "amner"]]'''

A 2001 novel written by writer, musician, animal rights' activist, [[http://countercultureuk.com/2010/04/02/film-dvd-review-this-is-england/ occasional angry film critic]], English Democrats EU candidate (2004) and [[http://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=101257906602919&id=133885003309384 critic of some mainstream publishers]] Tim Bragg. A chap named Oliver has his toddler son Ben kidnapped by stoned inner-city teenagers, provoking much mulling over what it means to be English and a culture clash between young and old, urban and rural, cosmopolitan and traditional.

* PositiveDiscrimination: Lampshaded repeatedly. "[G]et more Black people on the screen will you for Christ's sake", says the director of a TV talk show.

* AuthorFilibuster: "Our Freedom is being eroded. Those bastards in government are taking it from us stealthily and insidiously. Our culture is being eroded. You can't be English any more. They'll make it illegal. '1984' said it all" says Oliver.

* ShoutOut: The opening paragraph of chapter 14 is a pastiche of Orwell's Literature/NineteenEightyFour; in this version, Winston Smith's job now involves adding ethnic minorities to old films ("Films without cultural and racial diversity had to be re-cast. It was essential - for harmony and peace - to eradicate truth.")

A 2001 novel written by writer, musician, animal rights' activist, [[http://countercultureuk.com/2010/04/02/film-dvd-review-this-is-england/ occasional angry film critic]], English Democrats EU candidate (2004)and [[http://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=101257906602919&id=133885003309384 critic of some mainstream publishers]] Tim Bragg. A chap named Oliver has his toddler son Ben kidnapped by stoned inner-city teenagers, provoking much mulling over what it means to be English and a culture clash between young and old, urban and rural, cosmopolitan and traditional.

The book was published by Athelney, whose catalogue also includes ''An English Nationalism'', ''The Deculturalisation of the English People'' and ''English Witness to their Darkest Hour''. [[CaptainObvious The outfit is based in England]].

* BringMyBrownPants: Played straight. Oliver wets himself while panicking about Ben's disappearance.

* StrawmanPolitical: Liberal characters are prone to coming out with comments such as "you're racist because you're White" and "how do you know that you aren't a fascist?". The ignorant youths who kidnap Oliver's son, meanwhile, have dialogue like "St. George - He's someat to do with England...a king or someat" and "Nelson? Didn't he fight the Germans?" - Strawman Apolitical, perhaps.

A 2001 novel written by writer, musician, [[http://countercultureuk.com/2010/04/02/film-dvd-review-this-is-england/ angry film critic]], failed English Democrats parliamentary candidate and [[http://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=101257906602919&id=133885003309384 hater of publishers]] Tim Bragg. A chap named Oliver has his toddler son Ben kidnapped by stoned inner-city teenagers, provoking much mulling over what it means to be English and a culture clash between young and old, urban and rural, cosmopolitan and rural.

A 2001 novel written by nationalist, musician, [[http://countercultureuk.com/2010/04/02/film-dvd-review-this-is-england/ angry film critic]], failed English Democrats parliamentary candidate and [[http://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=101257906602919&id=133885003309384 hater of publishers]] Tim Bragg. A chap named Oliver has his toddler son Ben kidnapped by stoned inner-city teenagers, provoking much mulling over what it means to be English and a culture clash between young and old, urban and rural, cosmopolitan and nationalist.

Bragg later wrote a sequel, ''Oak'', which he self-published through Lulu.

* ShoutOut: Bizarrely, the opening paragraph of chapter 14 is a pastiche of Orwell's Literature/NineteenEightyFour; in this version, Winston Smith's job now involves adding ethnic minorities to old films ("Films without cultural and racial diversity had to be re-cast. It was essential - for harmony and peace - to eradicate truth.")

* WiseBeyondTheirYears: Several chapters are narrated by Ben, the toddler. His remarkably eloquent inner voice is lampshaded.

* ShoutOut: Bizarrely, the opening paragraph of chapter 14 is a pastiche of Orwell's NineteenEightyFour; in this version, Winston Smith's job now involves adding ethnic minorities to old films ("Films without cultural and racial diversity had to be re-cast. It was essential - for harmony and peace - to eradicate truth.")