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A '''champagne socialist''' is someone who, while possessed of great riches, supports [[socialist]] policies which have the aim of denying prosperity to other members of the community. These hypocrites, common in the [[British]] [[Labour Party]] and elsewhere, are similar to [[limousine liberal]]s. | A '''champagne socialist''' is someone who, while possessed of great riches, supports [[socialist]] policies which have the aim of denying prosperity to other members of the community. These hypocrites, common in the [[British]] [[Labour Party]] and elsewhere, are similar to [[limousine liberal]]s. | ||
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| + | ==Examples of champagne socialists== | ||
| + | *[[Lord Longford]], wealthy [[British]] [[socialist]] [[peer]] and do-gooder. | ||
| + | *[[Robert Maxwell]], [[socialist]] [[MP]], publisher and fraudster. | ||
| + | *[[Harold Pinter]], socialist playwright and doyen of the Campden Hill<ref>a munificently wealthy district of west [[London]], where he lives with the former wife of a Lord</ref> Set, a gritty band of resistance fighters against Conservative oppression. | ||
| + | More to follow. | ||
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| + | ==References== | ||
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Revision as of 20:28, September 20, 2008
A champagne socialist is someone who, while possessed of great riches, supports socialist policies which have the aim of denying prosperity to other members of the community. These hypocrites, common in the British Labour Party and elsewhere, are similar to limousine liberals.
Examples of champagne socialists
- Lord Longford, wealthy British socialist peer and do-gooder.
- Robert Maxwell, socialist MP, publisher and fraudster.
- Harold Pinter, socialist playwright and doyen of the Campden Hill[1] Set, a gritty band of resistance fighters against Conservative oppression.
More to follow.
References
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