Number 45 – They're a beacon of prudery and snobbery

In this section Mr Grasse seems to think that the British are all prudes and snobbish bores, he believes this to be the case because Victorian values were all prudish, I'm afraid to burst your bubble here Mr Grasse but this is a common misconception, they weren't prudish at all in fact there were more people with “loose morals” then than there are now. The author states that “in a truly free society, respect is due to every man and woman” while I agree in principle to this, I have to say that I think that respect has to be earned, which is probably why I have so little respect for Mr Grasse.