Proud Of Britain Yes

[fender62]

with all the loss of life tragedy, and schools jobs etc are you proud to british
thinking were te first to be vaccined and invention, harks back to, again
british inventions leading the world...

[Khandro]

APG //Surely people who come to this country to work, pay taxes, and in my case provide local jobs, should be able to complain about certain aspects of life in the UK without being told to 'just go home then'? Everyone else does!//

I think you are wrong there; if you come from another country you should tread lightly. You wouldn't enter someone else's home & tell them haw ghastly you think their furniture is would you?

[Apc2604]

APG. I didn't realise this post was about immigrants or telling people to go home. Seeing I am married foreign immigrant......... ! My post has been completely misinterpreted.

[emmie]

i was born and raised here and i have objections about how the country is run, but im not wholly sure had the opposition been in power they would have fared any better.. but i don't wish to move any place, quite happy to stay put.

[Apc2604]

'Married to a...'

[jackthehat]

I, too, am rather proud to be British although it feels a little awkward to explain why satisfactorily.

Having said that, I accept that people both indigenous to these islands, and otherwise, have the right to voice criticisms of these 'sceptered isles'; it's called 'having an opinion' and much as I may disagree or find it difficult to comprehend quite why they feel that way, it is an essential part of being British to let them have their say.

TGT's chest-beating and sabre-rattling is not the British way of expressing dissatisfaction with anything.....that tends to be tutting, casting eyes skywards and writing pithy letters to Points of View.

[tamborine]

Am proud to be British for all GB has achieved BUT am getting crowded out. I need space like in USA but alas am too late.

[Apc2604]

And my immigrant husband is very proud of being British! Far more proud than anyone else I know. He is totally frustrated now with the attitude shown by so many complaining Britons. At least we can complain! I could say a lot more, but will shut up now.

[Roobaba]

As has been mentioned, we are all earthlings, inhabitants of the planet Earth. We should all be attempting to consider things globally, not to see "the English mind and English life cooped up within the narrow bounds of nationalism" to quote H G Wells. We all live on and all share our one small planet, we need to move beyond the limitations of our primitive human instincts and behaviours.. we should advance and 'boldly go where no one has gone before'.. out into space, set up a Moonbase and from there colonise the galaxy!

I would suggest listening to:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/whither-britain--taking-stock/z4yt8xs

And maybe reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Outline_of_History

A 100 years on and we have still learned nothing!

[ichkeria]

I merely invite you to read the posts from jack, apg etc with which I agree entirely.
No one should have ur suggested to them that they leave.
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[ichkeria]

And where do you suggest such people go ;-)

[AuntPollyGrey]

Khandro,// I think you are wrong there; if you come from another country you should tread lightly. You wouldn't enter someone else's home & tell them haw ghastly you think their furniture is would you? //
I don't understand your
analogy. I don't think anyone would come into the UK to work then do nothing but denigrate the country -but they do have a right to criticise certain aspects just like everyone else.
I married a British citizen, we lived in Canada for a long time then came back to UK for family reasons. It's not my first choice of places to live but it's still a nice place. I didn't stomp into the UK with a 'what a sh&t hole this is' attitude -I had spent many years in school here, and happy holidays in the North East of England.

[royfromaus]

I take you can't back up what you said earlier then, ich?

[naomi24]

Why not, ichkeria? Because you say so?

[royfromaus]

No one should have ur suggested to them that they leave.
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That is exactly what is said to people who have a moan about Answerbank.

[THECORBYLOON]

Is it not a wee bit easier to leave AB than move to another country?

[LadyCG]

J'adore this green and pleasant land! Ha ha.

Yes I am prodigiously proud to be English / British. When we first voted to leave the EU 5 years ago a German publication asked its (online) readers to state what they admired about our country. Many spoke of their admiration for our lovely pub culture, afternoon tea any many other traditions that they and so many other countries have tried to emulate over the years.

There was even a place in Russia that was buying all our old red telephone boxes and trying to make themselves look like London a few years ago.

There are many out there who would become "British" at the drop of a hat if they could.

[ynnafymmi]

I am immensely proud to be both Scottish and British.I dont like being governed by eejits though....neither Bojo or WB.

[andy-hughes]

Part of the wonderful freedom that we enjoy in this country is precisely the freedom to have a moan about it if we choose to do so.

I would never consider living anywhere else, and I would not consider for a moment anyone suggesting that because I take issue with aspects of the country I live in, I should 'think about moving somewhere else ... '

Once again, choosing to live here and moan if I like is my right, and it is entirely the right of others to suggest to 'moaners' that they consider relocation, and it is entirely the right of 'moaners' to tell the direction finders where to get off.

I believe that call it freedom of speech ...

[naomi24]

//I believe that call it freedom of speech ...//

As is suggesting that if people aren't happy they might consider going to live in a place that would make them happier.