England is the least patriotic country in Europe

[olddutch]

Only one-in-three people know when St George's Day is and just ten per cent said they would feel comfortable to fly the flag of England, according to the report.

English people rated their overall level of national pride as 5.8 out of 10, compared to 7.1 out of 10 for Scots, 7.06 for the Welsh and 6.72 for the Irish.

The most patriotic nation in Europe was the Netherlands, with a rating of 7.18.
One-in-five English people blamed a 'broken society' for a lack of pride, while one-in-four said political correctness made them feel ashamed about their Englishness.

Stephen Garnett, the editor of This England magazine, which commissioned the study, told The Daily Telegraph: "We're incredibly disappointed that English people are afraid of displaying the St George's Cross on our patron saint's day.

"It was quite shocking to see some of the results, particularly the amount of people who don't fly the flag because of fear of being judged."

Should anything be done to improve our level of patriotism and if so what ?

What more should the English do to celebrate St. Georges Day and if so what do you suggest ?

[Hazel104]

I think I took this survey - if it was done for them by Onepoll.
The questions were leading with answer choice being very narrow.
I almost stopped half way through as I thought it would give quite a biased outcome and would not give a true representation of how I actually feel.

[Hazel104]

Meant to say I wish I had stopped now.

[jake-the-peg]

Seems to me some people have a need to feel persecuted to reinforce their sense of identity.

Muslims, Europe, lefties - all out to get us - huddle together under the flag and feel strong

[sherminator]

So are all Lefties unpatriotic Geezer?

Thats like half the country that live here and hate it!?

maybe there is something wrong going by your logic?

[Oneeyedvic]

R1 - I don't know why you feel like you do.

I can only tell you facts (ie it is not racist to display St Georges Flag) and I can tell you my own feelings. If you don't feel comfortable flying the St Georges Flag, then I am afraid that is down to you.

There are a number of people in this country that seem to want to complain about things that they have no knowledge of - if you value their opinion, then that is up to you.

///if an English sports team does badly it's because we are sh1te, if they do well it's because we have somehow een assisted by curcumstances.???///

I would argue with this - whenever we go out of a major tournament, the referees (ie circumstance) have been blamed. Certainly the last Rugby World Cup, an appalling decision made by the fourth ref in not awarding a try to us made us lose :)

///Whenever history is discussed it's always England that are the bad guys etc etc///

Is it? Do we come off badly in the first or second world war? Yes we come off badly with the Empire, mainly because it probably wasn't a great thing for the wealth of those individual countires.

[AB Editor]

Not sure if this has been mentioned, but some AnswerBank commentry on the issue can be found here: http://www.theanswerb...k/Question886024.html

All the best,

Spare Ed

[olddutch]

Hazel,

What were the questions you can remember

and thanks Spare Ed for link

Just conquered my Avatar !