Alison Rowat: UK a meritocracy? It’s a good story, but so is Cinderella

WHILE a renowned statesman and negotiator, Dean Acheson could be a dab hand at causing trouble. When Truman’s secretary of state told Britain in 1962 that it had lost an Empire and not yet found a role he sowed the seeds of an inferiority complex that festers to this day. What was the vote for Brexit, after all, but a cry for attention from a nation fearing irrelevance? . http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16200342.Alison_Rowat__UK_a_meritocracy__It_s_a_good_story__but_so_is_Cinderella/?ref=rss