Obviously this young woman seems to feel that her "idealization & devaluation" neurotic 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 'suck 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, eh, mademoiselle?

Truly Nothing Joyful about this opinion piece; just the laughing degradation of Londoners.