British day

[English assassin]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4611682.stm

Chancellor Gordon Brown thinks we are not British enough, and that what the country really needs is a day to celebrate being British.

Leaving aside for now the fact that its him and all his little followers on the left who have been making huge political capital for decades out of trying to portray British as a dirty word, this is the most damned unBritish thing I have heard of in a long time. One of the most British things about being British is not making a big fuss about it. Or anyhting else for that matter. (Its just not polite to remind all the poor foreigners that they do not have the good luck to be British themselves.)

What's more he would bottle it anyway, and a British day organised by the labour party would be all chicken tikka filled cornish pasties and alcohol free real ale to avoid upsetting muslims. All the celebration that is required is a slightly misty eye and an almost imperceptable tremble of the upper lip whilst listening to Elgars Pomp and Circumstance.

I wouild also like to point out that this is the exact equivalent of John Major's speech about beer and village greens and old maids cycling to church, and a sure sign that Gordo is finished.

[Scurvy]

hmm i woudn't mind the day off though....

[Idaho]

I agree EA's last sentence, but the build up to that conclusion was entirely crack-addled.

[KukriKhan]

What would a British Day be tied to? Magna Carta Day? Most National Days seem to be tied to an historic assertion of self-determination.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Day

[Taffy_is_a_Taff]

Magna Carta's really not that British (well, except for the involvement of Welsh royalty on the side of Norman -oh, wait there were Breton nobles probably involved too so more British there- nobility).

I'd guess it would have to be something like one of the acts of union.
I'm sure that would go down like a lead balloon in plenty of quarters though. Especially if it was the act from just over 200 years ago.

[English assassin]

I'm now enjoying the image of Idaho prancing around in Union Jack boxer shorts scarfing down a chicken tikka cornish pasty and grroving to some Bollywood beats. Though I reckon he knows my tongue was at least partly in cheek.

I can't for the life of me think of a day that could be "British day" as opposed to an English day or a Welsh day or whatever. The 1707 Act of Union would be the only one that made much sense consitutionally, though it would just be an excuse for a load of whinging IMHO. Otherwise, err, the anniversary of universal sufferage? The first album released by the Beatles? Gordo's birthday?

[Scurvy]

hmm yeah, its a difficult one....

[Duke Malcolm]

A Union Day would be perfect -- next year would be the best time to bring it in, being the 300th anniversary of the Union.

The Queen's Birthday could be expanded from little a parade on Horse Guard's... Or Victoria Day could have something...

If they do not go so far as to celebrate Britain and our culture, then at least try and stop British from being bad...

[Idaho]

I'm now enjoying the image of Idaho prancing around in Union Jack boxer shorts scarfing down a chicken tikka cornish pasty and grroving to some Bollywood beats. Though I reckon he knows my tongue was at least partly in cheek.

I can't for the life of me think of a day that could be "British day" as opposed to an English day or a Welsh day or whatever. The 1707 Act of Union would be the only one that made much sense consitutionally, though it would just be an excuse for a load of whinging IMHO. Otherwise, err, the anniversary of universal sufferage? The first album released by the Beatles? Gordo's birthday?

I'll send you the video if you like. I chuck in the x-rated stuff too - when I pull aside those union flag boxers to reveal my good ole british meat and two veg