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Originally Posted by Wynonie Harris
No, what you said, Ken, was that any effort to celebrate St George's Day was suppressed by the authorities. Are you seriously telling us that because one one instance of stupidity by a local authority (and I've no doubt you'll find some other isolated instances in your favourite paper, "The Daily Mail"), there is some sort of wholesale PC-inspired clampdown going on?
Have you not noticed? The whole country is awash with red-and-white? Hardly the sign of a proud nation cowed into silence by the heavy hand of authority.  |
Hook, line and sinker. I had a private bet going on that you'd be the first to reply and you didn't disappoint!
I've never read The Daily Mail or any other national paper but it's a prime example of an authority suppressing English pride on some spurious ground that it will offend someone, this time by looking unprofessional.
Rishton Towers (and indeed this particular councillor) will be decked out in red and white for today's match and I can't think of a single decent reason why anyone anywhere should be made to hide their national identity during this period.