He also knows that although the British as a whole may regard the empire as a source of national pride, many members of his own party would not see things that way, not to mention all those former imperial subjects who might have views on the subject.

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Work is still subject to further discussions but will include a conversion of existing rooms at a building in Imperial Avenue, Braunstone and a re-modelling of Alderman Richard Hallam and Braunstone Frith infant and junior schools.

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And, during the address, he referenced author Franz Kafka's "An Imperial Message, " a story in which a king on his deathbed whispers a message to a subject, makes the subject repeat it, and then sends him on his way.

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