How my trip to the cinema reminded me of the English distaste for hatred- Observer January 4, 2015 by Fulcrum Hating comes hard to the English. We do intolerance, prejudice, self-interest and jingoism as well as anyone if not better, but English culture is not kind to outright hating. It is difficult to build a hating political movement in a culture where understatement, self-effacement, good manners, fair play and humour, the essence of the notion of Englishness, are rated so highly. Will Hutton. Observer 4 January 2015 FulcrumShareTweetShare