[Misc] Brighton ignores St George’s Day

[Guinness Boy]

Go out early get home early. Had a nice steak and kidney pie, which went down nicely with some Pride. Quite a few of those Brexit folk in there celebrating the Rwanda bill, they were pretending on being planes, odd bunch.

Sounds like a lovely pub. Is it in Shoreham?

 

[The Clamp]

Did anyone find a George Cross in Brighton?

Has anyone been out looking?

 

[AlbionBro]

Sounds like a lovely pub. Is it in Shoreham?

No, I am not sure doing that in Shoreham would be a sensible thing. Is Shoreham full of Brexit folk then?

 

[The Clamp]

Half brexit types, half labradoodle and yoga mats mob.

 

[Guinness Boy]

No, I am not sure doing that in Shoreham would be a sensible thing. Is Shoreham full of Brexit folk then?

The pub I was thinking of might be.

Other pubs are available.

 

[Guinness Boy]

The video maker will be glad to know there was a “party” in the no go area of Londonstan. Looks exactly like a Saturday night in West St, only with more flags and less hen nights. Makes you proud, doesn’t it?

 

[Commander]

The video maker will be glad to know there was a “party” in the no go area of Londonstan. Looks exactly like a Saturday night in West St, only with more flags and less hen nights. Makes you proud, doesn’t it?

Why are the police blocking the people with the St George's flags getting to the people with St George's flags?

 

[lawros left foot]

Why are the police blocking the people with the St George's flags getting to the people with St George's flags?

That’ll be the English Patriotic Front trying to get at the English Front for Patriots.

Splitters!!!!!

 

[lawros left foot]

In the last Labour manifesto(2019) one of the pledges was to make St George’s day a bank holiday in England.

Can’t understand why the far right knuckledraggers didn’t vote for it.

 

[Pogue Mahone]

Did anyone find a George Cross in Brighton?

Has anyone been out looking?

Wheeler’s Estate Agents in Islingword Road (Hanover) had some St George’s Cross bunting in the windows.

 

[lawros left foot]

Happy birthday William Shakespeare

And indeed, Happy Death Day.

 

[dejavuatbtn]

Well, we have a flag atop our church in Henfield. Proper respect to our patron saint.

 

[Chicken Run]

Wheeler’s Estate Agents in Islingword Road (Hanover) had some St George’s Cross bunting in the windows.

What do you expect from a Luton Town Fan, although he does go to the AMEX too

 

[zefarelly]

Half brexit types, half labradoodle and yoga mats mob.

Oi, I'm tyhe king of sweeping generalisations.

Asides which there seems to be quite a lot of floppy eared spaniel types in town these days, Some of them have similar dogs too.

 

[zefarelly]

Well, we have a flag atop our church in Henfield. Proper respect to our patron saint.

Has it been there since Phil the other Greek died?

 

[um bongo molongo]

I remember reading a book by Dara O’Briain where he talks about why St George’s day can’t compete with St Patrick’s day. In his opinion it’s because Ireland is a very religious country and Paddy’s day falls in the middle of Lent.

It basically became a day where people would break their good habits for the day, eat/drink/smoke whatever they liked before returning to Lent. Sort of ruins the whole point, unless Jesus popped to a Spa for the day whilst he was stuck in the desert.

If that’s true then quite frankly they’re welcome to it. I’d rather shit in my hands and clap than try to reverse engineer that.

I think it’s more to do with the fact that people like drinking Guinness.

 

[banjo]

I think it’s more to do with the fact that people like drinking Guinness.

 

[Eeyore]

That’ll be the English Patriotic Front trying to get at the English Front for Patriots.

Splitters!!!!!

Woderick was awested.

 

[dejavuatbtn]

Has it been there since Phil the other Greek died?

No - since the kebab shop opened in the High Street.

 

[Lever]

Is there any evidence for this? As far as I can tell, "the far right has stolen our flag" is just a lazy trope to bring out during these discussions.

In fact, it's just the opposite of the OP video "you're not allowed to be English anymore"

It's all bollocks, and only exists as vehicle for either side to start an argument, convinced that the other side is out to get them.

99% of English people are comfortable not giving a shit about any of this except when the footy/rugby/cricket/Olympics is on, or there's a coronation.

So why are so many reasonable people embarrassed/affronted when they see the George Cross? Some Brits from ethnic minorities are intimidated by the sight of it. Here is one piece of evidence and I don't believe there is anything 'lazy' about drawing attention to it...

The National Front's long march back to politics

In next month's elections, the far-right party of Britain's past is contesting its highest number of seats since 1982. Jonathan Brown investigates how it re-emerged from the demise of the BNP

www.independent.co.uk