The driving force behind the fury and insults hurled at the Australian team has not been mentioned: English exceptionalism.
Scratch the thin veneer of English civility and you will find the long-held belief that Australians are second class citizens incapable of meeting the professional and educational standards of the UK and Europe but are tolerated provided they know their place.
This was my experience when I visited England in 2017 to discuss a business venture and clearly nothing has changed.
Scratch the thin veneer of English civility and you will find the long-held belief that Australians are second class citizens incapable of meeting the professional and educational standards of the UK and Europe but are tolerated provided they know their place.
This was my experience when I visited England in 2017 to discuss a business venture and clearly nothing has changed.