Most of what you can read in the Anglo-Saxon press on the CAP is spin. *Lunatic*, n. One whose delusions are out of fashion.
It's not even historically accurate - Britons today are as much descended from the Norman-French as from the Angles and Saxons of medieval times.
To me it is every bit as offensive as "frog" would be to a French person.
The Anglo-Saxon model of capitalism - The Adam Smith Institute When we look over the attributes of the Anglo-Saxon model of capitalism... Detestation of the ultraliberal Anglo-Saxon model is thought largely to explain... If the Anglo-Saxon model today appears to be doing very well on a world scale... Value Based Management Forum: Dutch study confirms Anglo-Saxon Anglo-Saxon model is best for economy Anglo-Saxon model offers better jobs and incomes deal THE ANGLO-SAXON VERSUS THE CONTINENTAL EUROPEAN CORPORATE ... Is the American Model Miss World? Choosing between the Anglo-Saxon model and a European-style alternative. Anglo-Saxon model The anglo-saxon model: a critical view
There is no "Anglo-Saxon model". You can speak of an "American model" or a "British model", but the two are very different. The UK has universal public health care, reasonable public transportation, and paid parental leave, none of which exist in the US. In fact, the UK is much closer to continental Europe than it is to the US.
(And if tyronen wants to do genetics, let's not forget the Brit-Celtic, Roman and early Viking lineages assimilated by the Angles, Friesians and Saxons; and of course much more Saxon genes are around in Germany.) *Lunatic*, n. One whose delusions are out of fashion.
To me [using Anglo-Saxon to refer to former British Colonies] is every bit as offensive as "frog" would be to a French person.
