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Present Tense: Moderates and Hooligans

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To think this is England (The Sun, 6 July 1981) People are bound to ask what is happening to our country … Having been one of the most law-abiding countries in the world — a byword for stability, order, and decency — are we changing into something else? (The Daily Express, 6 July 1981)

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Pearson, G. (1983). Present Tense: Moderates and Hooligans. In: Hooligan. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-17076-0_1

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