The PC brigade will see it as a racist thing yet the scots, taffs and Irish celebrate their day with pride.
I'm probably part of the PC brigade, but I would welcome us properly celebrating St. George's Day like other nations do with their national day. I think it's sad that the flag has become associated with extremists and we should claim it back and let it represent all that is great about our country, for all people who live in it.
It feels like the Labour Party will split and this is about which group stays and which splits off. I hope it's Corbyn who keeps control of the party and the rebel MPs split off so a new centre-left party can be formed without the ties to the far left and the unions. Possibly join forces with what's left of the LibDems.
In what British cities? Come to Birmingham - and go to some areas of an evening and you will curse the day you were born white and that was in the 90's! If you got out with a kicking you would count it as a blessing. I know plenty of lads who have been attacked for nothing more than being white and **** all gets done about it and you know what the media and police pass it off as? An 'attack with no motive' or 'random incident' - and that is the truth. I'm seeing apparent verbal attacks on Poles now. I think its a load of bullshit to be honest but, lets say its true and abusive words and the odd bit of graffiti are bad I'm sure. Tell it to the Polish guy who was carved up and brutally stabbed to death by three Muslim youths for no apparent reason around six months ago. That hardly got reported but of course the actions of some spastic shouting 'Polak' post-brexit gets a mention. Its about time we recognized racially motivated attacks, whether it be verbal or physical - including on white folks. As far as those *****phile filth that congregate around Pattaya and the like - I would happily hamstring them and feed them to starving dogs.
I was reading about St George just now. Apparently St George is also the patron saint of several other countries including Germany, Portugal, Greece, Bulgaria, Georgia, Palestine, Ethiopia, Serbia, Slovenia, Lithuania, Portugal, Malta and Montenegro. He is also the patron saint of herpes, leprosy, skin diseases and syphilis! As for having a national holiday for St George's day, I'm not that bothered about it tbh. I'm not a particularly patriotic person though so maybe I would say that.
St Georges Day does get celebrated by many in England. Its been talked about being a Public Holiday over the years but its too close to May Day and falls over Easter at times. Unless May Day was scrapped or renamed it would never happen.
One of the ironic things about St George is that he wouldn't be very welcome in England by some of those who most like to display his flag these days - he is from Syria!!
I'm not sure they had the numbers when the SDP was formed if that's what you are referring to. Something's got to give with Labour because the unions have too much power in the party and they are so far from getting elected with their current left wing agenda.
Which is a shame as there is no evidence that he ever came to this island. He's also the patron saint of Boy Scouts as I recall.
Hey I was only there for the weekend and contrary to the news reports I tripped on a broken pavement.
Just to be the boring tosser at the party but the red cross on white background was actually in use by English soldiers more than 70 years before Saint George started to be associated with it and became the Patron Saint of England.
