Thursday 1 October 2009

Englishness

“Englishness, in my view, is not about nostalgia for a lost England that never really existed in the first place, it is about a respect for long-established institutions - the Church, the monarchy, Parliament and the judiciary - and the national character which created and maintained these and which manifests itself in tolerance, consistency and common sense.” Martin Townsend How sad it is that at least one of these institutions - and I will leave you to decide which - is fast losing that respect!

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  1. sadly, it would be hard to choose,the church of england is headed by a welshman,our monarchy is more pro scottish than it is english,the scottish led parliament is dissolving england rather than devolving her and the judiciary doen`t know which way to turn.

    GOD MADE ENGLAND AND GOD BLESS HER

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  2. Hear, hear! Although I don't agree about the monarchy.

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