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"I remember when all this were pits"
Nice post by Greg Hands on Conservative Home on the left-leaning bias of Lonely Planet guidebooks.
Yes, these backpacker's favourites are aimed at student tourists, which goes some way to explaining the strident opinions published on their history pages. Margaret Thatcher "created a calamitous number of people trapped in long-term impoverished unemployment. Despite the intense dislike of her regime among a substantial portion of the population, Thatcher won an increased majority at the 1983 election," reads an extract from the 1994 guide to Britain. Yes, there is a free market, and if someone wants to create a series of travel guides aimed at conservatives they are free to try. But note that the BBC bought Lonely Planet last year... will the publisher's new owner demand a more objective line from the series?
