I don't think the British carry a historical consciousness either.

Paulin was educated at Annadale Grammar School Hull University and Lincoln College Oxford. Blair's special envoy to the Middle East Lord Levy has a son who works for the Israeli government which means that it is linked in all kinds of ways to the Zionist government in Israel. According to Paulin his parents a doctor and headmaster held "vaguely socialist liberal views".

Thomas Neilson Paulin (born 25 January 1949 Leeds England) is a Northern Irish poet and critic of film music and literature.