Aw, it's got a bit of a supercillious British sneer to it, but that's nothing new from across the pond. I believe they expressed some similar sentiments back when their upstart American colony expressed rumbles about breaking away from the Crown, and proclaimed to the world that Such A Thing Could Never Happen.
Buncha pommie bahstaads. Take their fulminations with a grain or several of salt, and a grin. They hate it when they're all pompous and they get laughed at.
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