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You know, I think it is sad that we are embarrassed to be proud of being british, english etc. I live abroad and people are so in awe of Britain and so in awe of our traditions etc, they laugh at us because of the Christmas thing and the red arrows etc. In my opinion we need to be proud to be british or english and not to shy away from it.
I think that part of the problem with the UK now is this Political Correctness that is killing traditional values and removing pride in the country. I think it is time we stopped apologising for the 'empire buidling' of the past and move forward into the future and stop apologising for being british/english.
America teaches us a lesson here through the fact that no matter how many mistakes they have made or how many times they try to do the right thing and it doesn't go well they are still proud to be american and I aplaud that - we should take a leaf out of their book and be proud in our heritage, history and abilites.
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