Mr Blair, to his credit, caught this sense of the fraying of English civic culture (much extolled by Orwell as English "decentness"), and tried to alert the nation.

值得赞扬的是，布莱尔首相注意到了英国公民文化（这杯奥威尔赞为“得体”的文化）的破裂，并试图警告这个国家。

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Prime Minister Tony Blair and Culture Secretary Chris Smith have also said that they are pleased Sir Christopher is able to stay on for a few months.

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In any case, there is already a move away from the dirigiste target culture of the Blair years.

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On the controversial subject of affirmative action, Blair makes the essential point that to favor one culture or ethnicity, another must be disfavored.

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