Obviously this young woman seems to feel that her "idealization & devaluation" premise in describing "The English" is acceptable; especially when describing: "Portraits of stoic Brits during the Blitz are adorably misleading. Honest accounts of the time reveal a population blind-drunk and irretrievably slutty. A far cry from the image we’ve been sold.."

??"adorably misleading"? "blind-drunk & irretrievable slutty"? Really Ms. Cormier, what trash.
Ms. Cormier appears to enjoy deprecating "The English"& their tragic histories... 

Cormier's column seems primarily about putting-down 'The English' only to then 'kiss up' with the glorification of our dear salty French-Canadian's Life in London.

FYI: Many Canadians had Mothers, Fathers, Grandparents & Children die during the German campaign to bomb the living hell out of "The English". 

How could you ridicule these people?

Given your stated laughing at the 'English' this opinion piece seems to be just a laughing degradation of Londoners.