One person who admittedly did reintroduce quite a lot of Merrie after the rigours of the more Cromwellianite type of "dissent" , and as HYUFD hinted, was Charles II and the Restoration. I&#… (View Post)

Yes, sorry ! Ofcourse. The long English tradition of religious Nonconformism. A lot to be proud of there. (View Post)

Well yes, but only 37% also voted for Brexit, or in fact less because of who chose to vote. The Brexiters are still a reasonable sized constituency. Also that language isn't too called-for. (View Post)

Funnily enough I actually agree with HYUFD, that it's actually importantly good to see the King and Queen blessed by so many different faiths. The opposite of the "Ingerland" mentalty. (View Post)

The "London isn't an English city" stuff shows how unsustainable a lot of modern English nationalism is. You can't build a new separate nation, England, on the basis of an exclusi… (View Post)