Patriotism: Well it really kicked off in London didn't it, flag wearing, flag waving people gathered together to shout their individual opinions on the world. To make public their disagreement as to how their views of England should be and not how it is at the moment.
Am I patriotic definitely not in that way, I love my country from a deep sided emotional feeling for this small piece of rock surrounded by the sea. It has suffered from a tempestuous history, colonialism rife for so many years has not improved its reputation. But through it all goodness has tried to find its path gathering all the ruffians along the way. We still call them out under old Saxon laws.
I won't join in singing Blake's Jerusalem, this England may be fair as far as the landscape is concerned but humankind has a lot to answer for. The people who denigrate the immigrants, forget that we have had so many excursions from foreign lands as to make us a pretty a DNA match as the sweet jars you see in an old sweet shop. Our DNA is probably mostly European anyway but the Brexit disaster put an end to that.
I don't want to see us turning back into the Alf Garnetts of past comedic television, I like and welcome the Black and Asian faces I see around, in government, in the council offices. Especially in the NHS, the doctors and nurses who tend to our ills. Tribalism is out as far as I am concerned. It breeds foolishness and silly beliefs. And yes the immigrants may be causing a problem in some people's heads - answers must be found for an honest humanitarian place for them.
End of not exactly a rant, but a response ;)
Orwell has some pretty nifty words on Nationalism.
Sunday Music: Erland Cooper's Carve the Runes at Stonehenge
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