Do Mixed Marriages Work?
Thirty-four years after its finest hour, Britain has become one of the sick men of Europe. Its trade deficit is astronomical, and British politicians, who are no less lavish with campaign promises than others, no longer even promise to eliminate it; they campaign on promises to reduce it to a few billion. The sea saved Britain from certain disaster in 1940, and the sea could save it from certain disaster again. If the British can hold on for only 6 more years and develop the rich oil fields recently discovered under the North Sea, they can be self-sufficient by 1980, they can export oil by 1983, and after that who knows, they might even ostentatiosly walk around in bedsheets. But with the loot not yet in, the crazies are already dividing it. ‘It’s Scotland’s oil, not Britain’s,” say the Scottish nationalists. “It belongs to all of the people,” says the government, “and we are their elected representatives.” “Shut up,” say the Trade Unions, “you don’t rule the country; we do.” Political
