Betrayal of Dissent

Since his death in 1950, George Orwell has been canonised as England''s foremost political writer, and the standard-bearer of honesty and decency for the honourable ''Left''. In this controversial polemic, Scott Lucas argues that the exaltation of Orwell, far from upholding dissent against the State, has sought to quash such opposition. Indeed, Orwell has become the icon of those who, in the pose ...