tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201035340379387456.post8847540617892676404..comments2024-03-26T11:44:00.350-07:00Comments on Stephen Leather's Blog: Happy St George's Day!Stephen Leatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08179238880325952527noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201035340379387456.post-34730238106654206512009-04-23T06:47:00.000-07:002009-04-23T06:47:00.000-07:00Unfortunately the George flag has been hijacked by...Unfortunately the George flag has been hijacked by the far right, and now used to symbolise racial superiority. <br />This was the excuse used by my local authority in 1999 when a group of council workers attempted to fly the flag on St Georges day.<br />Its somewhat annoying that we the English are seen as oppressors and villafied in popular history such as film. <br />I suppose there is no point in being proud of a nation that has stood up to oppresion, outlawed slavery,made a stance against terrorism, and at its own expense fought wars in the name of liberation and offered a sanctuary to those being persecuted, all at a great expense to itself.<br />I am now technically an Australian, but at heart I will always be English, proud of it too.<br /><br />CartoucheAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com