Proud to be British...what does this mean?

[bigslice]

plus it said on the news that syria have far more modern weapons than libya did

 

[Liverbirdie]

plus it said on the news that syria have far more modern weapons than libya did

Proabably because Russia have recently delivered over £350 Mill of hardware.

 

[potnryan]

I was born and bred in Scotland but class myself equally as British/Scottish "UNITED" kingdom. Say no to independance

 

[JustOne]

I am proud that I live in England with a hugely more free lifestyle than most other countries afford their own residents and what happens in Syria, Russia, Burma, etc etc won't change that

Is that proud or GLAD (takes me back to my 1st post)

I can't be proud to be British (or English) when everyone is bemoaning how they want to be independent, being proud involves far too many other people most of which rarely think beyond the filling they want in their pie. I'm not proud of what others have achieved before me as that would be only taking the good things into consideration however I am GLAD that the good things occured, and indeed some of the necessary bad things.

I'm GLAD to be ENGLISH as I don't need to watch my children starve to death or die of preventable disease, I'm glad I have (relative) freedom of speech, can just about walk the streets at night and don't have to put up with the lekky going off at 9pm.... also glad there's not too many poisonous creatures crawling around into my golf shoes

I'd certainly LIKE to be proud of being British by feeling some kind of unity but I'm not a great believer of being proud of a location, that's just lines on a map, and in the most part..... ignorance. So what if my great, great grandad lived up a mountain, herded sheep, distilled a brew from some crops and danced around a bonfire every night singing songs in a dialect only the 50 people that lived nearby could understand?... big deal!

 

[19thagain]

Just a wee aside re the Scottish vote for Independence ... Any one watching Question Time last night may have noticed that over 50% of all speakers from the floor were English, which I would assume will translate into a NO vote for us up here.

This is indeed very common . large English contingent in most Highland areas - to the point where a wee island in the Orkneys had a bit of trouble when the local Social Services took all the children into care, it did make national news at the time and it transpired that the ONLY Scot on the Island was the minister - and the Social Services were wrong!!

Just trying to highlight how the YES vote has no chance despite the majority of Scots wanting it!