the decline of the UK

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1979 Margaret Thatcher

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spoke about “a feelinf of helpessness that a once great nation has somehow fallen behind”

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it is udeniable that the UK has

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lost some of its shine since being the world’s leading power in the 19th century

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the UK in the 19th century

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“the Empire on which the sun never sets”

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on the international stage following the SWW

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it was objvious the UK was no longer top dog

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since then the UK has always tried to

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cultivate 3 spheres of influence :

• the Commonwealth
• the Special Relationship (USA)
• Europe

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with Brexit

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it risks losing one of these 3 circles

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the Uk still punches above its wieght

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as it is still on the UN Security Council

a member of NATO

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jouer dans la cour des grands

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to punch above ones wieght

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maître incontesté

pièce maitresse

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top dog

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the city

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one of the world’s leading financial centres

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if Nicola Sturgeon

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gets her wish and Scotland stages another in-out referendum it could spell the end of the UK as an institution

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organiser

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stage

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sonner le glas de qqchose

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to spell the end of

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the UKS decline is

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internal

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some of the major pproblemas faced by the nation today

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• high unemployment
• binge drinking
• teenage pregnancy
• yob culture
• the “failure” of multiculturalism
• a disastrous rail service
• high housing cost compared to income
• huge student debt and homelessness

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the…

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• the NHS probably best epitomises the UK’s fall from grace

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beuverie

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binge drinking

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to fall from grace

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tomber en disgrâce

- déchéance

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the education system

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also embodies the decline of the UK according to many

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Recent PM have tried to stop the rot

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• Tony Blair

- Cameron

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Tony Blair

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always spoke of his priorities as “education, education, education”
- created blair’s academies,

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blair’s academies

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state-funded but independent schools

sponsored by business charities parents or teachers

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Cameron

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• Cameron free’s school took the idea even further

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Free schools

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are part of Cameron’s Big Society project

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in 2011

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controversially, the coalition tripled tuition fees whereas the Lib Dem party has always campaigned for equlity of access to education

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decline in terms of

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the confidence of the nation in itself and the generally morose atmosphere that pervades a huge section of the pop

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se répandre dans

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to pervade

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gone are the days of

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Tony Balir and “Cool Britania” when the UK was a thriving nation confident in its culture, with a booming economy

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the effects of the financial crisis were

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excerbated by David Cameron’s harsh austerity measures

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2012

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helped resotre the feel-good factor thanks to the OG and the Queen’s diamond Jubilee

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Scotland and the possible break-up of the Union

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• have had enough of Cameron’s austerity measures

- have resented the conservative governments since the thatcher days

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cobaye

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guinea pig

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thatcher used

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the Scots as guinea pigs for her controversial Poll Tax

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second referendum almost certain in the near future

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• the incredible rise of Nicola Sturgeon
• the SNP’s amazing gains in the 2015 election
• coupled with Scotland’s aversion to Brexit

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Brits who think that the country is in decline

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More than half of Brits /pessimistics about the lives of furture generations

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a research found that

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the spelling and punctuation of 16-year-old is worse than it was 30 years ago

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Brrits in their twenties and early thirties who now live wittth their parents

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one in four
because of tsky-high house prices and rents
high cost of tuition fees at university
–> th e number of boomerang children has soared to 3,3M

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An international study claimed

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Children in the UK are among the least active in the world

physical activity being stripped out of merdern lifestyles

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the head of NHS England

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Simon Stevens called for radical changes in family routines and said exercise was a “magic pill”

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brits are drinking

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42% more than they were 20 years ago

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the rise has been powered by

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increased consumption among women

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être alimené par

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to be powered by

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a leading children’s charity

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the NSPCC warned social media are making UK children unhappy and fuelling an increase in self-harm.

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TM

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announced that she is changing the law to allow new grammar schools to be created

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grammar schools

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secondary schools in England and Wales

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this decision

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is proving to be divisive among politicians.

reopened the longg-standing debate over the merits and fairness of selective education