natalie/ . asked:


I think it’s absolutely stupid that it’s seen as wrong to fly a flag (there were complaints from neighbours in my street about us having an England flag out for the world cup. It’s not all year, or even every year), and I’ve been on holiday to villa complexes where we were told not to have England and Union Jack towels, and yet French people had towels with the french flag on.
When our patron saints cannot be celebrated there is clearly something wrong. At school we were told that we couldn’t acknowledge St George’s day because we could offend somebody. Does this mean we shouldn’t be proud of ourselves because of what somebody else thinks?
I seriously think that the Government need to stop worrying about pleasing everybody (which is impossible to do anyway), and start celebrating these countries.

Alina