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Post by fretslider on Apr 23, 2010 18:08:42 GMT
Dartford Conservative Council cancels St George's Day in Dartford A Dartford Council worker has reported to the English Democrats, that Conservative controlled Dartford Council has given strict instuctions to all council employees NOT to celebrate our English Day - St George's Day on 23 April this year, for fear that the voters may believe that Dartford Council is supporting the English Democrats in Dartford. In 2008 and 2009, Dartford Council put up English Flags in the High Street, and the vote for the English Democrats has increased year after year. The Conservatives in Dartford know how close the English Democrats are to gaining their first MP in Dartford and, in a panic move, issued this bizarre instruction to Dartford Council workers. www.voteenglish.org/
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Post by alanseago on Apr 26, 2010 17:54:32 GMT
I have never understood since I was a child (long ago) why the English never celebrate St George's day as the Scots (St Rabbie Burns), the Irish and the Welsh mark their national day. There is no saint's day here but bastille day is la grande fête.
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Post by fretslider on Apr 26, 2010 17:58:49 GMT
I have never understood since I was a child (long ago) why the English never celebrate St George's day as the Scots (St Rabbie Burns), the Irish and the Welsh mark their national day. There is no saint's day here but bastille day is la grande fête. For real? I thought it was obvious. Raising the cross is instantly identified with fascism and racism, a situation which the authorities actively encouraged. Only now post-devolution is that slowly beginning to change.
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Post by Ben Lomond on Apr 26, 2010 19:05:39 GMT
I have never understood since I was a child (long ago) why the English never celebrate St George's day as the Scots (St Rabbie Burns), the Irish and the Welsh mark their national day. There is no saint's day here but bastille day is la grande fête. For real? I thought it was obvious. Raising the cross is instantly identified with fascism and racism, a situation which the authorities actively encouraged. Only now post-devolution is that slowly beginning to change. But raising the Saltire isn't? ??
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Post by fretslider on Apr 26, 2010 20:21:19 GMT
For real? I thought it was obvious. Raising the cross is instantly identified with fascism and racism, a situation which the authorities actively encouraged. Only now post-devolution is that slowly beginning to change. But raising the Saltire isn't? ?? No Ben, raising the crux decussata is not. They can be proud to be Scottish without the usual negatives we endure regarding nationalism. In November 2006, an ICM poll commissioned by the Sunday Telegraph, showed that support for an English Parliament had reached 68% and support for full English Independence had reached 48% of those questioned. In his capacity as an MP, elected by Scots to vote on English Health and Education but not on the concomitant areas in Scotland, Brown’s democratic legitimacy rests on English polity being presented as UK polity; English interests and UK interests presented as indivisible from one another, and therefore the legitimate concern of Scots like himself and his constituents. Even the BBC now understands the reality of devolution. Why then is it so very difficult for Gordon Brown and the Labour Party, who introduced devolution, to understand that it is no longer possible to speak of "this country", or even "Britain" or the "United Kingdom", when talking about things like health policy? Why won't Gordon Brown refer to England when it is England of which he speaks? Gordon Brown is opposed to English Votes on English Laws, let alone an English Parliament. Why do you think that is?
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