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On the Culture Wars chums may find this interesting (it's been accepted wisdom in education for a generation).

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfr ... king-class

https://nation.cymru/news/conservative- ... tish-home/

Not so much new depths, but who's not surprised at this!

As she keeps saying "the queen" without stipulating which one, I rather think Terence Cuneo's portrait of The Queen of the Belgians would look rather good on my wall.

Obeying the letter of her proposal.

Queens: We've built 'em and put 'em in the sea.

Oboogie wrote: ↑Wed Jun 23, 2021 10:55 pm Kash Singh was interviewed on PM and I actually ended up feeling a bit sorry for him. From an immigrant background, he's worked his way up from the bottom and is grateful for the opportunities this country provided him and he wanted to promote that. I smelt no gammon about him.
Sounds like his idea has been hijacked by the government and turned into something it was never intended to be.

No one yet seems to have unpacked the "Please don't hit me; I can be British, too!" aspect of this.

With English nationalism on the rise, it shouldn't really surprise us that some people who might become victims of its darker side will try to steer it (thinly wrapped in 'Britishness') in a more acceptable direction.

Naive, though. Very naive.

Should be any portrait you like free from the government. I'll have a Raphael Julius II.

Killer Whale wrote: ↑Thu Jun 24, 2021 11:11 am

Oboogie wrote: ↑Wed Jun 23, 2021 10:55 pm Kash Singh was interviewed on PM and I actually ended up feeling a bit sorry for him. From an immigrant background, he's worked his way up from the bottom and is grateful for the opportunities this country provided him and he wanted to promote that. I smelt no gammon about him.
Sounds like his idea has been hijacked by the government and turned into something it was never intended to be.

No one yet seems to have unpacked the "Please don't hit me; I can be British, too!" aspect of this.

With English nationalism on the rise, it shouldn't really surprise us that some people who might become victims of its darker side will try to steer it (thinly wrapped in 'Britishness') in a more acceptable direction.

Naive, though. Very naive.

It's hardly surprising that a British Punjabi should find himself under attack from the English (and I do mean English) nationalists having written a song which is supposed to celebrate diversity and promote unity. The Gammon are not known for their love of Indian people.

We can thank PoliticsforAll for breaking this story.

Ah yes, Bradford. That well known suburb of Birmingham...

Andy McDandy wrote: ↑Thu Jun 24, 2021 6:30 pm Ah yes, Bradford. That well known suburb of Birmingham...

Easy mistake, both places are packed full of "them".

Don't give them ideas.

Why should anyone be surprised? We have an Attorney General who comments publicly about ongoing police investigations and a Home Secretary who calls the Opposition voting against the Government "defying the will of the people".

The Saj is running. He's cutting through the "data" to the real issues.

I mean, I think most places will do some (unspoken) herd immunity by infection of lower risk people alongside their vaccine programmes. But I'm not so happy with "bring it on!"

As an aside, it's not useful for some experts to misrepresent what Javid said as "Covid is like flu".

Natural party of government latest.

Did he learn from de Piffle when he was FS?

I’m starting to suspect Johnson may have got Javid in to push through the “freedom day” bullshit, and then take the fall for it when the 3rd wave skyrockets.

Tubby Isaacs wrote: ↑Sun Jul 04, 2021 5:54 pm Natural party of government latest.

Easy mistake, they all look alike ....

Crabcakes wrote: ↑Sun Jul 04, 2021 7:50 pm I’m starting to suspect Johnson may have got Javid in to push through the “freedom day” bullshit, and then take the fall for it when the 3rd wave skyrockets.

I think that's a given.
Also - it would shut the CRG up for a bit.

Surprised to learn Kuanda was still alive until now. But I’m not the UK’s Africa minister. This Global Britain malarkey’s not going well.