I have read it TTT and nowhere does it tell of the misery of millions of people being thrown out of work when whole industries were closed down, and the devastated communities left behind. We still need coal but we prefer to get it from Western Australia rather than from under our own soil...a completely daft situation for an island race to find itself in. My avatar, for whom I seem to recall you had respect for, described Britain as "an island made of coal surrounded by fish"
Highly selective post if I may say so. There is always two sides to every story.
But lets not forget that Frederick Forsyth made his millions out of writing fiction, and liked Britain so much that he retired to Ireland, so as to pay less taxes !
Forsyth is a Eurosceptic Conservative. He is Patron of Better Off Out, an organisation calling for Britain's withdrawal from the European Union. In 2003, he was awarded the One of Us Award from the Conservative Way Forward group for his services to the Conservative movement in Britain. He is also a patron of the Young Britons' Foundation. In 2005, he came out in opposition to Kenneth Clarke's candidacy for the leadership of the Conservative Party, calling Clarke's record in government "unrivalled; a record of failure which at every level has never been matched". Instead, he endorsed and donated money to David Davis's campaign.
So, hardly a disinterested, unbiased and neutral observer then.