Believed Quote by Martin Jacques

There may be little practical difference between a Ford Mondeo and a BMW three series, but in terms of perceptions of who you are…

— Martin Jacques

No one likes to admit they are racist or bear prejudices. Nor do they even like to be open and honest when they witness…

— Martin Jacques

In Formula One, the car can make a difference in a way that a driver cannot. Whereas Michael Schumacher and Ayrton Senna spent their…

— Martin Jacques

In the aftermath of 9/11 and in the build-up to the invasion of Iraq, few questioned the idea that the United States was likely…

— Martin Jacques

At the heart of globalisation is a new kind of intolerance in the West towards other cultures, traditions and values, less brutal than in…

— Martin Jacques

Our leaders increasingly see fit to lecture the ethnic minorities on the need to integrate, including of course the need to speak English. What…

— Martin Jacques

If one wanted to find a modern symbol of personal freedom, the motor car is right there near the top of the list. But…

— Martin Jacques

Blair - except at the edges - was a Thatcherite. Brown, in contrast, regarded Thatcherism as something that had to be taken on board…

— Martin Jacques

Western countries are thoroughly accustomed to being the centre of global attention, which they have come to regard as their natural birthright. Not so…

— Martin Jacques

The American model was celebrated by Thatcherites and New Labour alike, California worshipped as the model of the future, 'Anglo-Saxon' embalmed as the fitting…

— Martin Jacques

One of the characteristics of New Labour - and Miliband is irredeemably of that species - is that, in the guise of a new…

— Martin Jacques

The two ethnic groups that remain fundamentally different from the Han Chinese - in terms of history, culture, language, religion and physical appearance -…

— Martin Jacques