British Values
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Values are linked to culture. Now Britain is multicultural we need to accept that other cultures have different values. That does not mean that we will have to modify ours - just need to respect the fact that other cultures have different values.
As an example - Italians have a culture so strongly 'family orientated' that their old people are respected and valued more than ours - so you see that some other cultural values may well be worth taking on board with ours
As an example - Italians have a culture so strongly 'family orientated' that their old people are respected and valued more than ours - so you see that some other cultural values may well be worth taking on board with ours
Britishness.
Queuing patiently.
Supporting the underdog.
Believing it's the taking part that counts, and not the winning...except for the World Cup, and any Brit who makes it past the first round at Wimbledon.
Talking about the weather at every opportunity.
A superior feeling that you are always right, and if Johnny foreigner doesn't understand what you are saying in English, just say it again...but shout it.
Queuing patiently.
Supporting the underdog.
Believing it's the taking part that counts, and not the winning...except for the World Cup, and any Brit who makes it past the first round at Wimbledon.
Talking about the weather at every opportunity.
A superior feeling that you are always right, and if Johnny foreigner doesn't understand what you are saying in English, just say it again...but shout it.
Britishness.
Queuing patiently.
Supporting the underdog.
Believing it's the taking part that counts, and not the winning...except for the World Cup, and any Brit who makes it past the first round at Wimbledon.
Talking about the weather at every opportunity.
A superior feeling that you are always right, and if Johnny foreigner doesn't understand what you are saying in English, just say it again...but shout it.
I thought it was; being the underdog, winning has to be done at all costs, and allways thinking we are the superior race and culture.
That just about sums it up.Britishness.
Queuing patiently.
Supporting the underdog.
Believing it's the taking part that counts, and not the winning...except for the World Cup, and any Brit who makes it past the first round at Wimbledon.
Talking about the weather at every opportunity.
A superior feeling that you are always right, and if Johnny foreigner doesn't understand what you are saying in English, just say it again...but shout it.
I would just add moaning to family and friends and not to the person who can actually do something about the cause of the moan.
Queuing seems to have gone by the board these days. It really annoys me when I have queued patiently for a bus and people come along and shove in at the front, head for the front seats and I am left to make my way to the back (if there are any seats left there) which I find difficult on a moving bus as I have trouble balancing.
Well why didn’t you say something about it instead of just standing there like a Muppet?
If you let people trample all over you they will.
The real British value used to be looking out for each other. Today it is a me, me, me, me, me, me, me society.
Sometimes I’m ashamed of being British.
I did but I was too far behind other people who were being pushed in front of to actually be able to insist on getting on the bus in front of them.
A few weeks ago at the switching on of Blackpool illuminations again we had been queuing all day and, towards the end of the afternoon when they opened the gate to let people in, crowds came across the road from Coral Island and headed to the front of the queue. Those of us who had queued all day DID complain. We complained to the ones pushing in and we complained to the security guards who were letting them in.
Did it have any effect? Not one iota. The security bods just smiled, shrugged their shoulders and let them in anyway.
BTW - disagree with my viewpoint or opinions as much as you like but is it really necessary to degenerate into childish name calling? And to think Less thought it would be newbies who would disrupt the calm we were enjoying for a while.
That's it. The British; the only people in the world who improve with adversity. When the going gets tough, the tough get going. That's Britishness.
Bit like a good curry, spag bol, chilli etc. Flavour improves when left overnight. All in it get stuck in and become better so the whole is better.
Well, it used to be about going out all over the world raping other countries' women and stealing all the tea/coffee. These days it's about being best friends to other countries who want to kill innocent people in the east and steal oil.
Either that or it's about aspiring to be the most underachieving footballing country in the world.
Either that or it's about aspiring to be the most underachieving footballing country in the world.
Thought as much!Would have to be "aspiring to be the most underachieving footballing country in the world" Shaker.
we all know who can blame for that. i can remember when it was looking out for each other then. a certain political party with a certain female went all out to destroy it with her certain policies
but that where you are wrong in certain areas of britain family values are still held in high esteem and they are not other cultures. they arebritish cultures ie norn ireland west of scotland its the way britain used to be before the 80s they never took the thatcher concept of f~~k everybody else im alright...
dont forget were talking about british not english i cant ever remember saying scotland will win the world cup ..well not after 1978Would have to be "aspiring to be the most underachieving footballing country in the world" Shaker.
dont forget were talking about british not english i cant ever remember saying scotland will win the world cup ..well not after 1978
Aye fair enough
dont forget were talking about british not english i cant ever remember saying scotland will win the world cup ..well not after 1978
Have a little faith please. They are trying the impossible but miricles take longer. Beside the best win was when Scotland beat England in '67
is that when we were the unofficial world champions