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Than that. >> anthony: in 1964, lyndon johnson declared his war on poverty. a good thing, yes? but the accompanying press tour portraying the people here as an incapable and bewildered helpless masse, missed the basic essential character -- the pride and the self-reliant core of the people here. that damage is lasting. >> elaine: when you come in and keep telling us how poor, fat -- how all these things are -- i think we've all felt it at some point. shame. >> anthony: what should people know about this area that they don't know, that they're not getting? >> nick: it's just how much that peopl...

>> anthony: this desire to restore england to its former glory as a british isles, it's certainly given a revived, a very powerful urge in scotland to reconsider whether they want to be a part. >> ralph steadman: oh, dear, i think it's only going to get worse before it gets better, and i'm certain that what we are experiencing at the moment is a kind of rather large hangover from something that we've still got to come to terms with and get over. >> anthony: do you think some of your stuff is anger in there or exasperation? >> ralph steadman: exasperation, i think. look, i said -- oh, i don't k...

A good thing, yes? but the accompanying press tour portraying the people here as an incapable and bewildered helpless masse missed the basic essential character -- the pride and the self-reliant core of the people here. that damage is lasting. >> elaine: when you come in and keep telling us how poor, fat -- how all these things are -- i think we've all felt it at some point. shame. >> anthony: what should people know about this area that they don't know, that they're not getting? >> nick: it's just not been hit home. it's just how much that people in this area have been exploited. [ bells ring...

All these things are- i think we've all felt it at some point: shame. tony what should people know about this area that they don't know, that they're not getting? nick well, i think it's been said, but it's just not been hit home: it's just how much that people in this area have been exploited. the land agents who came in and bought up all the mineral rights. the coal and timber companies that started extracting and taking everybody's labor rights. archival man i can't fight a big coal company, they got too much money. elaine politicians from dc that can make a quick day trip down here and get...

Essential character, the pride and the self- reliant core of the people here. that damage is lasting. elaine when you come in and keep telling us how poor, fat- how all these things are- i think we've all felt it at some point: shame. >> tony: what should people know about this area that they don't know, that they're not getting? >> nick: well, i think it's been said, but it's just not been hit home: it's just how much that people in this area have been exploited. the land agents who came in and bought up all the mineral rights. the coal and timber companies that started extracting and taking ...