A historically knowledgeable friend has just pointed out that the new Tory slogan used repeatedly by David Cameron in his speech yesterday — “Family. Community. Country” — echoes another from decades ago.
That is: “Travail. Famille. Patrie [Work. Family. Nation].”
Where’s it from?
Marshal Pétain’s collaborationist, fascist regime in Second World War France.
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