Thread: England 'least patriotic' country in Europe.

Only a third of people were aware that the celebration of St George was this Friday, while forty per cent did not know why he is the patron saint, a study revealed yesterday.

The survey also found 6 percent of Englishmen and women said they fear flying the national flag and about 17 percent think they would be told to take it down.

England 'least patriotic' country - Telegraph

It's a shame, England is a wonderful country with alot of history and achievements but even I had no idea it was this Friday or why he was made a saint.

Not a big shocker tbh. England has always been the "big brother" of the UK so I bet the English are more patriotic towards the UK than England, as many think that England is the UK and vis versa.

It is not uncommon. In Spain, I would claim relatively, people from Madrid and there abouts are "less" patriotic towards Castille-Leon and more for Spain, where as people in the Basque country, Catalonia and other places are more patriotic towards their local "country" than to Spain... all relatively speaking of course.

Originally Posted by Laila

England 'least patriotic' country - Telegraph

It's a shame, England is a wonderful country with alot of history and achievements but even I had no idea it was this Friday or why he was made a saint.

Just wait until the world cup starts. Flag flying goes to a new level (until England get knocked out in the QF's by Honduras or some such!)

Seriously, I think it's quite sad. I bet if you were to ask the same Englishmen & women when St. Patrick's day was, the figure would exceed 33%.

We should have a national holiday on St. George's and have some brewery sponsor it. Everyone would remember it then . In fact, I think there have been various calls for the former ...

But why would anyone think it's racist to be patriotic? It doesn't surprise me here but it's just so wrong, wrong, wrong!

Originally Posted by Laila

England 'least patriotic' country - Telegraph

It's a shame, England is a wonderful country with alot of history and achievements but even I had no idea it was this Friday or why he was made a saint.

They did not come to Belgium. Only a few % of the Belgians know their anthem, including our prime minister, and 80% (including the prime minister) don't know what our national day marks. And that's a good thing.

Belgian politician's national anthem gaffe - Telegraph

Indeed, all those concerned about how non-inclusive St. George's Day is are actually displaying their own ignorance.

Funny that, when our wise PC mind controllers above us are supposed to know all and everything about culture and 'community cohesion', etc!


St George's Day - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Blackburn Rovers fans' St George's flag confiscated in 'racist symbol' row (From This Is Lancashire)

[ame=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=287150]Is the St George cross racist symbol? - General Discussion - Digital Spy Forums[/ame]


http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/view...ay-is-racist-/

Fury over St George flag ban - Manchester Evening News - It's alright for the Paddies though isn't it! And this wasn't the only flag ban on a flimsy H&S pretext.

Do Muslims think St George's Day (UK) is Racist? - Yahoo! Answers

http://www.jihadwatch.org/2006/06/en...-own-flag.html

http://www.thefreelibrary.com/FLAGS+...es-a0117386035



I'd say St. George was a bloody good figure to celebrate in regards to being symbolic of fair play and justice, regardless of who you are!

http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Muslims+fly+the+flag+for+England+after+`silly'+ban %3B+Islamic+leaders...-a0117401173 (Cut and paste directly to bar.)


Once again, the Left are socially-destabalising, cretinous scum! They must be - they prove it!

Poor lost soul: http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question...4143352AAozRcV


For me, Englishness can be the soul of your culture (and even, whisper, ethnicity if applicable) and Britishness being the soul of your values.

We have had a similar discussion before. Most English people are not Nationalistic and I think that is a plus for them.

The George cross went into disrepute with the National Front and when regular English people were beginning to want to use it again, back come the National Front dressed up as EDL using the George Cross again.

Someone last time we discussed this pointed out that rather than think of themselves as being English, most English tend to think of themselves as being more where they come from, London or Yorkshire or whatever. In that way England is divided up into smaller areas which people are very proud of just like they are of being Welsh, Irish or Scot's.

This should be good news, it indicates that patriotism is minimal in the UK. Patriotism is nothing but a device to control the masses (usually for war).

On the flip-side, this also shows the ignorance of the people related to their history (much like in the US), which is also a dangerous situation as the society does not consider those things that led up to this point in history and are bound to repeat past mistakes.