It was the season, when through all the land / The merle and mavis build, and building sing / Those lovely lyrics, written by His hand, / Whom Saxon Cædmon calls the Blithe-heart King; […]

exquisite judgment, taste, or discernment

The two languages develope in different directions but the old commonship is still discernible.

For London to have its own exclusive immigration policy would exacerbate the sense that immigration benefits only certain groups and disadvantages the rest. It would entrench the gap between London and the rest of the nation. And it would widen the breach between the public and the elite that has helped fuel anti-immigrant hostility.