Speaking as a Brit, it's more because there's very, very, very few things to be proud of nowadays for anyone patriotic. Latching onto anything that seems slightly good even if there's evidence to the opposite.
It's about all that remains of our culture, I don't know a single person that can name what British Culture is outside of Parliament and the Royal Family.
Literature, Universal language, Shakespeare, British people are fond of animals and have a love of nature, they excelled in dog breeding and brought to the world wonderful Breeds, hunting and working dogs, agricultural leaps in animal husbandry, exploration and botanists. I do not think of England, I think of the whole of the British Isles, (including us annoying and rebellious Celts from Scotland and Ireland).Theatre, Roasted meats, Brewers, only the Irish excel at music and dancing in the bunch though. Do I qualify as a single person?
Every self respecting brit aspires to be a degenerate to the level of the Royal Family. Few succeed.
Not this one fren, or my lefty wife either.
Speaking as a Brit, it's more because there's very, very, very few things to be proud of nowadays for anyone patriotic. Latching onto anything that seems slightly good even if there's evidence to the opposite.
It's about all that remains of our culture, I don't know a single person that can name what British Culture is outside of Parliament and the Royal Family.
I know what you mean and I used to think that very strongly when I was more left wing.
Now I see the British people as basically good resilient and very tolerant people and that is what I am proud of.
Right now many of them are asleep, but that will change in the end.
Our institutions are cabal and utterly corrupt. Police, NHS, gov, judicial etc. but the people are still worth having.
When you compare the Brits to some of the recent replacement population, you see the difference.
British culture = fish and chips, Manchester united hooliganism, Astons, Jags, and dental issues
Fish and chips was brought here by the Jewish community I believe. Fried fish anyway.
The rest is true, although Jags are really just expensive Fords.
Forgot James Bond and Monty Python…how dare you.
I miss those days when there were great Fish & Chips restaurants everywhere. Kinda rare today. (here in US).
Literature, Universal language, Shakespeare, British people are fond of animals and have a love of nature, they excelled in dog breeding and brought to the world wonderful Breeds, hunting and working dogs, agricultural leaps in animal husbandry, exploration and botanists. I do not think of England, I think of the whole of the British Isles, (including us annoying and rebellious Celts from Scotland and Ireland).Theatre, Roasted meats, Brewers, only the Irish excel at music and dancing in the bunch though. Do I qualify as a single person?
Horse breeding too - the Englishcreated the Thoroughbreds that now run in the Kentucky Derby.
*Talking about actual horses here, not the current queen consort lol
And the Welsh. Cymru am Byth!!
...it was sarcasm
That went right over my head! Sorry fren!