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There's Nothing Bulldog about Britain Anymore: The Rise and Fall of the Bulldog Spirit

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bulldogBritainrhetoricimagepropaganda

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This paper explores the British national icon, the English Bulldog, and its symbolic connotations with spirited and determined courage. In charting the usage of the bulldog for propaganda purposes, it suggests that although the use of the bulldog is not as fashionable as it once was, it is nevertheless a firmly fixed British cultural icon used for propaganda, as it was demonstrated in the referendum campaign over the United Kingdom’s membership in the European Union.