I think he's saying it's a function of British insularity-- maybe not as strong as a " Little Englander " accusation, but heading in that direction ( Keith ? ).
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For example, Arthur Ponsonby wrote of the Liberal leader Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman's opposition to the Boer War : " The impression one got of him from the Press in those days was & that he was an unpatriotic Little Englander ".
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:: I hate to say this, for fear of seeming anti-Gallic or a Little Englander ( when I'm an American ), but the " low " number for the UK is a testimony, really, to how historically peaceful the place has been.
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As a Liberal, he opposed Benjamin Disraeli, and was a strong supporter of Irish Disestablishment, but refused to follow Anglo-Saxon community of the West, as I now stand against the dismemberment of the great Anglo-Saxon community of the East . " These words form the key to his views of the future of the British Empire and he was a leading light of the anti-imperialist " Little Englander " movement.
