From David Miliband’s speech in Oxford yesterday: “Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore’s former prime minister, once characterised ‘Asian values’ as ‘a certain attitude towards life which raises the interest of the community above that of the individual.'” Welcome to Catalonia, mate.
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