India as ‘cricket and curries’? That’s not the way to win a fighter jet bid | Tristram Hunt
The right is outraged by India’s failure to award the UK a fighter jet contract, but it is this arrogance that damages our relationship”What on earth do they know about cricket and curries,” was the acerbic response of Tory MP Peter Bone to the news that the French firm Dassault has emerged as the lowest bidder for a $10bn (£6.3bn) contract to supply India jet fighters. And, in one crisp sentence, Bone encapsulated the problem: a lingering British attitude towards India enveloped in the language of colonialism and entitlement, which is buckling any attempt at a modern, co-operative relationship.
published date:Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:47:59 GMT
India as ‘cricket and curries’? That’s not the way to win a fighter jet bid | Tristram Hunt
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India as ‘cricket and curries’? That’s not the way to win a fighter jet bid | Tristram Hunt
The right is outraged by India’s failure to award the UK a fighter jet contract, but it is this arrogance that damages our relationship”What on earth do they know about cricket and curries,” was the acerbic response of Tory MP Peter Bone to the news that the French firm Dassault has emerged as the lowest bidder for a $10bn (£6.3bn) contract to supply India jet fighters. And, in one crisp sentence, Bone encapsulated the problem: a lingering British attitude towards India enveloped in the language of colonialism and entitlement, which is buckling any attempt at a modern, co-operative relationship.