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...The director of the film Ken Loach, paid part of the $150,000 needed for Julian Assange's bail.
"I turned down the OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) because it's not a club you want to join
when you look at the villains who've got it. It's all the things I think are despicable: patronage, deferring to
the monarchy and the name of the British Empire, which is a monument of exploitation and conquest."

'Which is'... not was. Some of the villains Loach mentions are still in business and quietly go about their persuasion-tactics
in global politics and power-brokering. We tend to associate the idea of 'The British Empire' with Britain because we have
been indoctrinated to believe one's country somehow holds a special place in one's heart.
Sadly, in the world of governance this isn't true.

Political parties have no affiliation with the countries of their members' birthplace, it's about control... just as -for example,
Vietnam was a concern to the US and France, along with Algiers and Egypt. The East India Company were a major player
in this game and all mentioned held genuine and pragmatic concerns regarding social-control and fiscal affairs.

One may suggest they never really did 'send their best'!