Quote by: Martin Jacques

With the United States in slow long-term decline, how will that affect the position of English? And where will all that leave monolingual Britain? Our political leaders like to boast about how global Britain is, but when it comes to languages, it is near the bottom of the global league, together with another island state, Japan.


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Author Bio


  • NameMartin Jacques
  • DescriptionBritish journalist
  • Born1945
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionJournalist