Europe

[Tribesman]

every nation state derives legitimacy from the fact it represents the will of its people.

Bollox

if a government does not represent the will of its people it has not legitimacy.

So does the will of British people regarding the Iraq fiasco mean the governemt is illigitimate?
What about travellers?
Does a representation of the coilition against travellers represent the will of the people and would it be legitimate?
Honestly you are like a character off Little Britain who hasn't quite got the joke
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9V-HtcQK8w
Wouild you prefer one of poor old Maggie faced with cultural differences to the small minded "It's British" thing .
OK Banquo if the previous reference is too discriminatory for this forum then understand that it only applies to a very very small section of a community that most of that community wish to distance themselves from

I understand your point, but the colloquialism used is, one believes, somewhat offensive to the community described. It is also more helpful to others in the discussion to have the more widely used, and less insulting term, employed for clarity. BG