Britain Day

[The Large One]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6721239.stm

The government is looking for ideas to promote a 'Britain Day'. Leaving aside the pros and cons of such an idea, reading the piece led me to think of something else which has probably been discussed on here before...

Which do you prefer to be considered as? English (or Scottish or Welsh) or do you prefer British? Or are you not fussed?

 

[Trigger]

Hello, I'm English.

 

[surrey jim]

Im English, :wavey:

my Dad always likes to be seen as Cornish

 

[The Clown of Pevensey Bay]

English OR Scottish OR British OR European. Don't mind really.

 

[captainmorganrum]

Hello, I'm Welsh.

 

[Trigger]

Hello, I'm Welsh.

And you know you baaaaaaaaaahhhhhhh

 

[hans kraay fan club]

I am English.

Except during the Olympics when for two weeks I am British.

And for 3 days of the Ryder Cup when I am European.

 

[Kylies Stunt Arse]

Hello, I'm Welsh.

Shouldn't that be "Hello, I'm Welsh innit" JONSEY?

 

[Trufflehound]

Hello, I'm Spartacus

Oh sorry, wrong thread.

 

[severnside gull]

Bit rich for a goverment that has actively sought to split Britain up via devolution to start thinking about a unifying day. Does that mean for 24 hours a year the jocks will think the English are really a jolly decent set of chaps and the English will decide that the Welsh aren't a useless bunch of sheepshaggers after all?

Let's just celebrate St George's Day like every other part of our "United Kingdom" celebrates its patron's day and forget this load of utter bollocks for what it is....an attempt to rewrite a little bit of history by the politiccians who now secretly acknowledge that they may just have f***ed up in the first place but who want to buy your vote.


Angry? Me?

 

[Lord Bracknell]

By ancestry ... mostly English; partly Irish; partly Scottish.

Consider myself to be European.

 

[Tony Meolas Loan Spell]

British really.

 

[captainmorganrum]

Shouldn't that be "Hello, I'm Welsh innit" JONSEY?

Hey, g'buy, you're only BLWDI right innit?

 

[Monkster]

Nationality - English

Citizen of Great Britain

Live in Europe

 

[Lord Bracknell]

And what day should be chosen for this celebration?

It can't be the anniversary of a great event in English history, since that would obviously fail the Britishness test.

I'd be inclined to celebrate the anniversary of a defining moment in modern British history ... what springs to mind is the day that we demonstrated what became a lasting commitment to abandon our imperial pretensions: the granting of independence to India and Pakistan.

August 15.

 

[Nibble]

I am a citizen of Planet Earth, at one with Polar Bears and humans alike. Lets not have a Britain day - lets have a LOVE day.

 

[Brighton Breezy]

I consider myself English.

But first and foremost SUSSEX.

 

[Lokki 7]

Let's just celebrate St George's Day like every other part of our "United Kingdom" celebrates its patron's day and forget this load of utter bollocks for what it is

I agree, but it won't happen as it is a Christian celebration, and the point of this new holiday is for minorities to feel more included.

 

[Simster]

Citizen of Great Britain

Sadly not. You're a subject.

 

[The Large One]

August 15.

Is that your birthday, perchance?