But the new conformists who had captured the cultural high ground needed - as they had from the first - the illusion that they were rebels against something, that they were in fact a brave guerrilla band still fighting for the cause in some remote sierra. Just as the Cuban dictator Fidel Castro still called his government-controlled radio station 'Rebel Radio', and dressed in beautifully tailored jungle fatigues long after he was past pensionable age, they liked to think they were still revolutionaries.
- Peter Hitchens, The Abolition of Britain: From Winston Churchill to Princess Diana (2000)
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