There'll always be an England

[163phil]

[COLOR=darkblue]From The Queen's Royal Lancers Website: [/COLOR][COLOR=darkblue]

Goodbye to my England, So long my old friend
Your days are numbered, being brought to an end
To be Scottish, Irish or Welsh that's fine
But don't say you're English, that's way out of line.

The French and the Germans may call themselves such
So may Norwegians, the Swedes and the Dutch
You can say you are Russian or maybe a Dane
But don't say you're English ever again.

At Broadcasting House the word is taboo
In Brussels it's scrapped, in Parliament too
Even schools are affected, staff do as they're told
They must not teach children about England of old.

Writers like Shakespeare, Milton and Shaw
The pupils don't learn about them anymore
How about Agincourt, Hastings, Arnhem or Mons ?
When England lost hosts of her very brave sons.

We are not Europeans, how can we be?
Europe is miles away over the sea
We're the English from England, let's all be proud
Stand up and be counted - Shout it out loud !

Let's tell our Government and Brussels too
We're proud of our heritage and the Red, White and Blue
Fly the flag of Saint George or the Union Jack
Let the world know - WE WANT OUR ENGLAND BACK !!!! :cheers2:

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[jboweruk]

Sadly all too true. :(

[aircooled1968]

agreed it all too true

chris

[shoot51]

[B][COLOR=Blue]I am [COLOR=Red]WELSH[COLOR=Blue] and proud of it! As every Scot or Irishman I have met are proud of their nation and have no desire to the pretence of being English. Every time i meet someone from abroad who asks "are you from England?" I try to explain the geography/genology of our country. """United Kingdom !"""[/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR][/B] One country made up of United Kingdoms,

[pieter]

i agree with that poem wholeheartedly and im South African, been here more than five years now and it definately seems like this country may be headed the same way SA of old went .
political pressure from other countries and corrupt politicians worsening financial situation and so on plus loads immigrating elsewhere .

although funny enough all i ask for is a decent summer otherwise i think old blighty is alright and the people are ok

the only time i moan about the english people is when i talk to them and they cant talk proper ENGLISH , words like sumfink or anyfink etc.. or not knowing enough vocabulary to understand words like pretentious although in fairness its mostly the youngsters or the ones that watch too much east enders etc .

[cambs flyer]

That poem sum's things up nicely, unfortunately. :(

[marktigere1]

I'm Cornish so can I have my own country as well?

[jboweruk]

That's the point that's being made though Shoot51, it's fine for the Welsh and the Scottish to say they are Welsh or Scottish, but we [B][I]English[/I][/B] aren't allowed to, we have to say we're at best British, or European. It's just plain wrong, fine if they want to break the UK up then do it, in which case I'm freakin' English, the same as the Scottish are Scottish, the Welsh are Welsh and the Irish are Irish, and that was very much against the will of the people of Northern Ireland, who wanted no part of Eire.

[David Drew]

I'm ENGLISH (1), British (2), European (3) and White, Heterosexual, Middle Class, Non-racist,

Why can't people be allowed to wear their pride on their sleeves, except people like the above?

David

[barney]

You are more than welcome to call yourselves English/Scottish/Irish/Welsh. Its plain bonkers not to have a Nationial identity...even regionial identity is OK by me.

Being Scots what erks me is when our newspapers/media and every anyone in between adopts our Scottish Sportmen/Women and suddenly they become British or worse English overnight...LOL

They usually quote something like..cause his 3rd cousin was born in XXXXXXX or some other nationial treasure...and they suddenly have to switch Nationality to get the support from our Nationial Sporting Bodies and they become English as a consequence.

What a Palava..

[B][I]There is hope[/I][/B]. I like to think of us R/C heli flyers being above all this title tattle.

I therefore consider myself part of a worldwide community of R/C Heli modellers where borders have no boundary and we can equally share and enjoy this fascinating sport without politics, Colour or Creed coming between us.
:grouphug:

:cheers2: Brian

[163phil]

Good post Barney:cheers2:

[David Drew]

[quote=barney;211500]
I therefore consider myself part of a worldwide community of R/C Heli modellers where borders have no boundary and we can equally share and enjoy this fascinating sport without politics, Colour or Creed coming between us.
:grouphug:

:cheers2: Brian[/quote]

Well said. But are you Nitro or Electric? or sitting on the fence LOL. Come on - out yourself:smilielol5:

[barney]

LOL..David..If it flies I want one...

[Smoothound]

[quote=barney;211537]LOL..David..If it flies I want one...[/quote]



I reckon that's fair enough :D

[David Drew]

[quote=Smoothound;211544]I reckon that's fair enough :D[/quote]

I'm not arguing. Wise words