Like Saint Andrew's Day, Saint David's Day and Saint Patrick's Day, this ought to be a public holiday throughout the United Kingdom.
Away with pointless celebrations of the mere fact that the banks are on holiday.
Yes, that was a Labour manifesto commitment in 2017 and in 2019. I am very glad that it was. But I had been saying it for more than 20 years. Admittedly, that was also true of several other things that were in the Labour manifestos of 2017 and 2019.
It is amazing how many people assume that because there is a legend about Saint George, then he himself must be a purely legendary figure. He is not. Although the Tomb of Saint George at his birthplace, which is now known as Lod and which is the location of Israel's principal airport, has become a shadow of its former self.
It was once a major focus of unity between Christians and Muslims in devotion to the Patron Saint of Palestine, Lebanon and Egypt before, and as much as, the Patron Saint of England. But three quarters of those who practised that devotion were violently expelled in 1948. On what remains, see here.
25 years ago, and certainly 30, the English regarded the Union Flag as their national flag without any complication. It was not even a question. In my childhood, no one outside certain ecclesiastical circles (which were obscure even in the 1980s, but around which I did happen to grow up) would have had any idea what Saint George's Flag was. The 1966 World Cup Final is probably on YouTube or something. Check which flag the English fans were waving.
What we have now was made up in the 1990s to sell bad beer to football's new middle-class audience, the only people who could still afford the tickets. Or the beer. It predates devolution or anything like that. But we do have it now. It is mostly harmless. But not entirely so.
In the struggle for economic equality, the leading role belongs to the working class. And in the struggle for international peace, the leading role belongs to the working class and to the youth. Therefore, unity must be maintained within and between the working class and the youth, including against any separatist tendency in England, Scotland or Wales. The Centre is the think tank for this new era. Please give generously.
It is amazing how many people assume that because there is a legend about Saint George, then he himself must be a purely legendary figure. He is not. Although the Tomb of Saint George at his birthplace, which is now known as Lod and which is the location of Israel's principal airport, has become a shadow of its former self.
It was once a major focus of unity between Christians and Muslims in devotion to the Patron Saint of Palestine, Lebanon and Egypt before, and as much as, the Patron Saint of England. But three quarters of those who practised that devotion were violently expelled in 1948. On what remains, see here.
25 years ago, and certainly 30, the English regarded the Union Flag as their national flag without any complication. It was not even a question. In my childhood, no one outside certain ecclesiastical circles (which were obscure even in the 1980s, but around which I did happen to grow up) would have had any idea what Saint George's Flag was. The 1966 World Cup Final is probably on YouTube or something. Check which flag the English fans were waving.
What we have now was made up in the 1990s to sell bad beer to football's new middle-class audience, the only people who could still afford the tickets. Or the beer. It predates devolution or anything like that. But we do have it now. It is mostly harmless. But not entirely so.
In the struggle for economic equality, the leading role belongs to the working class. And in the struggle for international peace, the leading role belongs to the working class and to the youth. Therefore, unity must be maintained within and between the working class and the youth, including against any separatist tendency in England, Scotland or Wales. The Centre is the think tank for this new era. Please give generously.
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